THE George Clooney (George Clooney) has spoken about his turn to direct his latest film ‘The Boys in the Boat’.

Written by Mark L. Smith and inspired by Daniel James Brown’s 2013 book of the same name, the film tells the true story of the University of Washington rowing team in the 1930s from humble beginnings. their beginnings until winning the gold medal at the Berlin Olympics.

“Heyit’s more interesting, you have a lot more control. I can be in charge and I don’t have to learn how to row,” the star told Sky News. “It’s nice to come in the morning and write a script and then have someone build a set that you designed, it really is…as you get older, you have to have other things to do. You can’t do just one thing. I’m lucky because I’m 62 years old and I get to do things I love and a lot of people don’t get that“, added the two-time Oscar winner.

Starring Callum Turner and Joel Edgerton alongside a talented cast including Jack Mulhern and Peter Guinness. Clooney took it upon himself to turn the eight young protagonists, who had never held an oar, into Olympic athletes.

Their training began several months before filming began and lasted four hours a day.

“I only want to work with people who want to be there and love what they do, because the hours are long and hard. It’s hard to do. No one is here to complainhe said.

Still in the interview he admitted that he still enjoys working with Brad Pitt, with whom he reunites in the new action thriller “Wolfs”.

“I still like to play, I have fun. I just did a movie with Brad Pitt, he’s an up and coming actors,” Clooney joked.