George Clooney’s lie almost killed his acting career
Hollywood hunk George Clooney almost didn’t make it as an actor, because he lied to a casting agent trying to get his first break. The actor was desperate to land his first movie role and tried to trick a studio boss into believing he had previously worked on 1982 movie Cat People. George was caught red-handed in the lie, because it was the same casting agent for both movies.
George’s charm had paid off and he was offered another role, enabling him to become a member of the Screen Actors Guild, even though the movie was never released.
He says, “You couldn’t get a job without getting into the Screen Actors Guild, so everybody would make up these credits just to get in. They didn’t have internet then so you go away with anything. I remember lying to a casting director about this movie Cat People. She was like, ‘You were in that?’ I was, like, yep, and she goes, ‘Because I cast that.’ I finally just said, ‘I can’t get in the SAG. Help me!’ She helped me get a job on a film called The Predator. The movie never came out, that’s how bad a film it was. But I got my SAG card.”
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February 8th, 2008 at 7:57 am
I am over George Clooney, something about him just rubs me the wrong way. He seems shady as hell imo.
February 8th, 2008 at 8:16 am
I hate to dispute you, but you are wrong. He is one of the good guys! I actually know his family from Kentucky. They are all good people.
February 8th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Agrees with me646. A person’s family is one and he/she is another. afterall he is from Hollyweird.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:08 am
He’s probably the least changed by his vocation of any actor. He’s honest, unpretentious and genuine. I guess it can be a little disconcerting and almost unrecognizable to see all these characteristics in someone who works in show business, but he’s definitely not “from Hollyweird”.
February 9th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Again, you don’t know him or his family so you can’t say that. His dad was the host for A&E movies for a while and his aunt is Rosemary Clooney, so they are all in the business. His mom is a former beauty queen. He was raised right and with values and strong beliefs. Maybe you are missing the point.