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George Clooney "would have been properly in trouble" if he hadn't been vaccinated against COVID-19. The 62-year-old actor - who has lung condition asthma - came down with the bug in 2022 while he was directing his new movie 'The Boys In The Boat' and he ended up at home trying to direct his cast via an iPad, and George has admitted he feels lucky not to have been more seriously ill because he had been vaccinated. He told Deadline.com: "The first week we started shooting, the whole cast and I got COVID. I’m directing from an iPad in my bedroom. The only one who didn’t get it was the lead, Callu...
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George Clooney was "really sick" when he contracted COVID-19. The 62-year-old star was forced to direct 'The Boys in the Boat' - which was filmed last year but is due for release later this month - from his bed via an iPad after he fell ill with the virus, with producing partner Grant Heslov lending a hand from the set. He told People magazine: “I was really sick. It was my first time getting COVID. “I'm on an iPad hacking away from my bedroom. Grant was sitting on the camera and they'd hold up the iPad to Cal and I'd go, ‘Ah, go fast.’ I'd rasp out ‘Faster’ whatever that was.” “We only had to...
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Sigourney Weaver will never reprise her role as 'Alien' character Ellen Ripley. The 73-year-old actress first portrayed the character 44 years ago in Sir Ridley Scott's iconic 1979 sci-fi horror movie, but she insists that ship has now "sailed". She told Total Film magazine: "There are all kinds of younger actors taking this kind of role. And there was an ‘Alien’ [film] that I really wanted to do with Neill Blomkamp and we didn’t get to do that, but, you know, that ship has sailed. "I’m very happy doing what I’m doing. I put in my time in space!" Weaver went on to star as Ripley in 1986 movie ...
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Sigourney Weaver has no plans to retire. The 72-year-old actress had her breakthrough role as Ellen Scott in sci-fi hit ‘Alien’ back in 1979 and with multiple projects currently on the go, is ‘happier’ in her career than ever before. She said: ‘Well, I do five projects coming out. I would hope to [not retire] because I probably enjoy it more now than ever. I’m fine that I might be the oldest person on the set. Yes, I always have to go through a period of, ‘Oh my god, it’s happening again.’ But then, I get the joy and the explosion of letting this person out to live. And it’s the most exhilarat...
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Colin Farrell suffered panic attacks under water while filming 'Thirteen Lives'. The 46-year-old actor stars in Ron Howard's new movie - which tells the real life tale of a 2018 rescue mission to save a group of 12 boys and their soccer coach in a network of caves in Thailand - and admitted it was one of the most "terrifying" experiences of his career, despite there being a series of experts on hand to offer guidance and help. Asked about the underwater scenes, he told 'Entertainment Tonight': "Terrifying in a word. Terrifying. It really was - it was scary. "I'm not a great swimmer anyway, not...
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Viggo Mortensen "couldn't breathe" while filming a diving scene in Ron Howard's latest movie 'Thirteen Lives'. The 63-year-old actor stars as British civilian cave diver and rescuer Rick Stanton in the biographical survival film about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, which saw a junior football team and their coach trapped in a cave for a period of 18 days. And the 'Lord of the Rings' star had to train to dive for the tough underwater sequences to recreate the moment 12 people got stuck inside the Thai cave. Real-life Rick and Viggo discussed his experience over Zoom so he was prepared for the...
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Courtney Henggeler has joined the cast of George Clooney's 'The Boys In The Boat'. The 43-year-old star has signed on to star alongside Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Luke Slattery, Thomas Elms, Tom Varey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Wil Coban and Hadley Robinson in the movie that will be directed by Clooney. The film has been scripted by Mark L. Smith, from a previous draft by Chris Weitz, and is based on Daniel James Brown's 2013 book of the same name. It tells the remarkable underdog story of the University of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world by winning...
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George Clooney had rounded out the cast for his adaptation of 'The Boys In The Boat' Joel Edgerton, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Luke Slattery, Thomas Elms, Tom Varey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Will Coban and Hadley Robinson will join the previously announced Callum Turner in the eagerly-awaited movie. George is directing with Mark L. Smith writing the script for the film. Clooney - who is also producing with his Smoke House Pictures partner Grant Heslov - has been eyeing the movie for some time but took the opportunity to direct 'The Tender Bar' first. It is hoped that production on the movie will b...
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'Obi-Wan Kenobi' will debut exclusively on Disney+ on May 25. The new series will see Ewan McGregor reprise his role as the iconic Jedi Master from the 'Star Wars' prequel trilogy - with Hayden Christensen also returning as Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader. The story is set 10 years after the events of the film 'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' which saw Obi-Wan Kenobi face his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker - who turned to the dark side to become the evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail ...
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Joel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver are to star in 'Master Gardener'. The pair are attached to lead the cast of the crime thriller that will be directed by Paul Schrader from his original screenplay. The story follows a meticulous horticulturist (Edgerton) who is devoted to looking after the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager (Weaver). When she demands that he takes her wayward and troubled great-niece under his wing, it unlocks dark secrets from a violent buried past. HanWay Films will be reunited with the filmmaker after working with Paul on his m...
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