George Clooney is one of the most
beloved men in Hollywood, striking up a
conversation with almost anyone he
encounters. But when it comes to fellow
stars, Clooney is historically cautious to
open up
Pitt.
The 52-year-old actor covers the
December issue of Esquire and candidly
talks about his experiences with A-list
actors including Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio
and Russell Crowe. (And let's just say he's
not necessarily "friends" with some of
these guys.)
In actuality, Crowe brewed up a battle
between himself and Clooney after he
called the "Gravity" star a "sellout."
“The truth is that [Crowe] did send me a
book of poems to apologize for insulting
the sh-t out of me, which he did,"
Clooney explains. "He picked a fight with
me. He started it for no reason at all. He
put out this thing saying, ‘George
Clooney, Harrison Ford, and Robert De
Niro are sellouts.’ And I put out a
statement saying, ‘He’s probably right.
And I’m glad he told us, ’cause Bob and
Harrison and I were also thinking about
starting a band, which would also fall
under the heading of bad use of
celebrity.’ And that’s when he really
went off on me," he continues. "‘Who the
f--k does this guy think he is? He’s a
Frank Sinatra wannabe.’ He really went
after me. And so I sent him a note going,
‘Dude, the only people who succeed when
two famous people are fighting is People
magazine. What the f
you?’"
Clooney said Crowe eventually sent him
"a disc of his music and a thing of his
poetry" and claimed he was "all
misquoted." "I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah.
Whatever,'" Clooney adds.
As for his relationship with DiCaprio,
Clooney says the actors met in Cabo,
where they both own homes, and bonded
over basketball. The pair would get
together for a little friendly competition,
which would almost always turn into an
immature game of "who's really the
better player."
“You know, I can play. I’m not great, by
any means, but I played high school
basketball, and I know I can play. I also
know that you don’t talk sh-t unless you
can play. And the thing about playing
Leo is you have all these guys talking sh-
t," Clooney explains, revealing that he
and his friends "beat them three straight:
11–0, 11–0, 11–0."
"The discrepancy between their game and
how they talked about their game made
me think of how important it is to have
someone in your life to tell you what’s
what," Clooney adds. "I’m not sure if Leo
has someone like that.”
To be honest, one of the only stars
Clooney truly admires and respects is his
dear friend, Brad.
“For a long time now, Brad has been the
biggest movie star in the world,” Clooney
admits. “He’s bigger than me, bigger than
DiCaprio. And I really admire how he
deals with that. It’s not easy for him. But
he tries to be the most honest version of
Brad Pitt that he can be. And he also
remains unavailable. He’s still a giant
movie star because you can’t get to him."
"That doesn’t mean that I don’t think of
him as incredibly talented and smart and
all those things," he says, "But you also
can’t get to him.”
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