Pablo O. Scholz
10/17/2020 8:01 AM
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Updated 10/17/2020 8:01 AM
In just over six months,
George Clooney
will be in his sixties.
But the actor in
The Big Scam
is, back, more active than ever.
Clooney's career has had its ups and downs.
And when it seemed that the star was beginning to fade, more than anything because of perhaps not entirely correct decisions, he is again on everyone's lips, with two films in which he plays the role of director, one that Netflix will premiere in December (and for which he could flirt with the Hollywood Academy again) and another that is a project on track: adapting
Calico Joe
(2012), the best-selling novel John Grisham, and in which he will have Bob Dylan as a co-producer.
Regardless of demands when signing a contract - it is said that for his small role in
Gravedad
, by Alfonso Cuarón, he asked to build a basketball court and a jacuzzi next to his motorhome, the place where the actors rest between takes. and take-.
Clooney does not skimp on his fortune to help those in need.
Clooney on the set of "Midnight Sky," which he produces, directs and stars in, and premieres in December on Netflix.
For example, on October 30, The Mill will reopen, a theater very close to the mansion that the interpreter has with his wife, Amal Alamuddin, in Berkshire, Great Britain.
Opened in 1982, the "little theater" even has a restaurant, it had closed when the pandemic began and the Clooneys put up 11.5 million pounds (about 15 million dollars) to prevent its disappearance.
Clooney has no problem opening his wallet and donating to causes he deems just.
Before the Covid-19 said present - in addition to aid to the theater, he donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the actors' union, to the Lebanon Food Bank, to Lombardy (another of his mansions his Villa Oleandra, three floors, is in front of Lago di Como) and even the National Health Service of the United Kingdom-, commits and commits others like
Matt Damon
, to help different institutions, such as The Red Cross or Unicef.
Amal and George make donations for social causes.
PHOTO: REUTERS
And after the explosion in Beirut, in August, the couple (Ameal is Lebanese) donated $ 100,000 to various charities.
Clooney is passionate about basketball (he's a Dallas Mavericks fan) and baseball.
What's more: he is a frustrated player, since when he was young he wanted to prove himself professionally, he did not pass the first round of selection.
Well, with
Calico he
will have a kind of revenge.
The novel by the author of
The Signature
and
The Pelican Report
is slightly inspired by real events, and is about a young baseball promise who falls into a coma after being hit by a ball.
George Clooney in the miniseries "Catch-22".
PHOTO: CLARIN ARCHIVE
Since
The Money Master
(2016), opposite
Julia Roberts
and directed by
Jodie Foster,
the winner of two Oscars did not act in cinema (he did appear in 3 episodes of the
Catch-22
series
last year).
And as director, in addition to two chapters of the war
Catch-22
, the above had been two failures:
Suburbicon: Welcome to Paradise
(2017) and the hideous
Operation Monument
(2014).
But what happened to Clooney's life all this time?
In the filming of the bodriazo "Operation Monument", marking a scene to Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett.
PHOTO: CLARIN ARCHIVE
He focused with his lawyer wife on two issues: humanitarian work, and raising their twins Ella and Alexander, who are now 3 years old.
Midnight Sky
(
The Midnight Sky
) is based on a science fiction story of Lily Brooks-Dalton.
Clooney, who produced, starred and directed the film, plays Augustine, a scientist who in a post-apocalyptic future finds himself isolated in the Arctic, and tries to contact the crew of the ship Aeher ... so they do not return to Earth.
Felicity Jones
, Sophie Rundle (the
Peaky Blinders
series
) and David Oyelowo (
Selma
) and Kyle Chandler
(Manchester by the Sea
,
Bloodline
) co-star.
The question is whether Clooney will get back on track as a director on films like
State Secrets
,
Good Night, and good luck.
, and the crazy - but less crazy than
Suburbicon
-,
Confessions of a dangerous mind
.
Hopefully.