George Clooney: Hollywood’s last great cardiac conqueror who made only one mistake in his career

To appreciate the true power of George Clooney64 years old, it is sufficient to refer to the fact that in a text in the New York Times, he finally led to the withdrawal of Joe Biden as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. His influence surpasses the box office, which he has conquered with successes as with the movie ‘The Perfect Storm’ (2000) and with the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’.

His unusual transition from television to cinema worked well and as soon as he starred in his first play, ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’a script based on the film he wrote and directed in 2005. It is already the biggest non -musical success in Broadway and gave Hollywood’s cardiac conqueror a nomination for Tony, adding to the long list of awards.

Clooney has returned to the stage for the first time since he played at Vicious in 1986, a work on the life of sex pistols, Sid Visi. His role is very different this time: he plays the famous journalist Edward R. Murrow, a moral personality that clashed with the infamous US Senator Joseph McCarthy, who, hidden behind an anti -communist crusade, launched a witch hunt in Hollywood.

Perhaps his participation in the movie ‘Batman & Robin’ It was the only mistake in his career, something he himself admitted. ‘I always apologize for’ ‘Batman & Robin’ ‘»he was joking on “The Graham Norton Show”. “Let me say that I really thought I destroyed the franchise until someone took it years later and changed it. At that time, I thought it would do good in my career. ”

If Clooney’s motivation for turning “Good Night, and Good Luck” was his frustration with the Bush government and its role in Iraq, 20 years ago, Clooney’s motivation was clearly the Donald Trump policies that lead him. Clooney maintained a militant attitude towards Trump, which the former president retaliated in the same way.

The US president has called him ‘Second -legged film star’though he might have to be grateful to the actor: his letter to the New York Times neutralized his main political opponent and imposed an emergency solution that facilitated his second victory. Not all democrats appreciated the sincerity that one of their main financiers expressed, but the actor does not regret. “I grew up to tell the truth. I had seen the president closely and surprised. It seemed to me that there were many people back, a lot of cowardice in my party and I was not proud of it. “he stated in the show “60 Minutes”.

According to the book “Original Sin”, written by CNN presenter Jake Tapper and Axios journalist Alex Thompson, the reason for the letter was Biden’s failure to recognize the actor during an event for the raising money, despite being friends for more than 15 years. Clowney’s interest in politics is not new: his father, journalist Nick Clooney, had a great deal of political participation and even unsuccessfully nominated Congress as a democratic.

Despite the deep topic of dealing with his work, what has caused the biggest debate about his Broadway debut is … his hair. In a sense, it is refreshing to see that aesthetics do not only overshadow women’s work. Murrow’s role forced him to cover his iconic gray hair, which he didn’t like much. ‘My wife will hate it’told the New York Times.

The famous actor is used to listening to comments about his physical shape, though he knows that his time as a protagonist has come to an end, as he himself admitted a few years ago. After starring in the movie “Ticket to Paradise” with his good friend Julia Roberts, he said it would be his last romantic comedy. “I’m not trying to compete with 25 -year -old protagonists. It’s not my job »confessed during an interview with CBS.

His image as Playboy was reinforced by a private life full of short -lived and prominent romance. In the early 1990s, he was married for four years to actress Talia Balsam, but all his subsequent relationships were fleeting. He went out with Kelly Preston, Cameron Diaz and Renée Zellweger, among other things, but it was always a joke that his longest relationship was the one he had with his famous pig, Max.

Everything changed when human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin came into his life. His manager, Bryan Lourd, a former husband of Carrie Fisher, warned him before they met. “I tell you, you will marry her »he said. Clooney didn’t believe him until he saw it. “I didn’t really think I would have a lot of chance with her because I was 17 years older and she seemed to have everything she needed.”. The rest is a story. He has been married for 11 years and his admiration for her seems to have no limits. “I’m proud to be her husband. I am proud to be a child father with her »confessed to the “New York Times”. The disobedient bachelor is now affectionate father of twins, “A punishment by God for how much I was joking about having children.”

Although he has sometimes been implied that he will stop being in front of the cameras, after closing his 60s, his busy program indicates the opposite. What he does not intend to do, despite his undeniable influence, is to get into politics. Many Democrats have asked him to take the step, but he says no decisive. Indeed, when Trump urged him a few months ago to stop mixing politics and return to television, he said he would be willing to make this sacrifice … if Trump did the same.