George Clooney reveals why Ben Affleck was his first choice for The Tender Bar
George Clooney says Ben Affleck was his first choice for the role of Uncle Charlie in 'The Tender Bar'. The 60-year-old Hollywood icon directed the 2021 coming-of-age drama - which is an adaptation of the 2005 memoir of the same name by J. R. Moehringer - and has revealed the 49-year-old actor was the first person both he and producer Grant Heslov thought of to portray the "smart and well-read" character. When the interview joked that they chose Affleck over Matt Damon, 51, Clooney quipped: "It was. Hard times, and we thought we could get him cheap. You know, it's funny, this is a character th...