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Part 2 of Our George Clooney Interview for Tomorrowland #TomorrowlandEvent

May 26, 2015 by Jenni 817 Comments

Disclosure: I was provided an all-expense paid trip to the #TomorrowlandEvent in Los Angeles California in order to facilitate this post; however all opinions and admiration for George Clooney expressed are my own.

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Earlier this month, I shared the Part 1 Interview with George Clooney for his new movie release of Tomorrowland! That was one VERY cool experience! Today, we’re back with part 2!

Have you had the chance yet to take your family to see Tomorrowland? It opened this past Friday, May 22nd! It’s rated PG so it’s a great family-friendly movie. You can find our Tomorrowland movie review here. No real spoilers, promise!

 

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George and his Gal-Pals…

George and two of his co-stars in this movie have a sort of love-hate relationship. Casey (Britt Robertson) and Athena (Raffey Cassidy) really know how to push Frank’s (Clooney) buttons. One of the questions asked in the interview was about their relationship.

Q. I loved how your character interacted with Raffey Cassidy and Britt Robertson. I just thought everything was so sweet between all three of you. What was it like working with such young and talented actors?

George: “Well, first of all, Britt is fantastic and, you know, her career is just at the very beginning and is going to be really fun. Raffey is spectacular and she was just 12 at the time, I think, and way too talented, for her age, and sweet and funny. They were fantastic, and they were really sweet and I think they’re having a really fun time with this, which is, you know, that’s how it’s supposed to be. You know when I work with younger actors, I always have to try to remind them that, you know, this is the fun kind of job that most people don’t get to do. And if you get to be an actor and work, and somebody pays you for it, you’ve caught the brass ring, you know, and it’s just fun. So, that’s part of, the thing is, they really do dig it and they’re having fun, which is really a good time.”

 

Tomorrowland George Clooney Interview

George’s Favorite Scenes and Memories…

I love this part of the interview. We see entire movies sometimes and wonder which scenes are the actor’s favorites. Now we know what George’s favorite parts of the making of Tomorrowland are.

Q. What was your favorite scene or favorite fun memory while filming Tomorrowland?

George cracks a joke, and then answers: “I don’t remember much of it. I was drunk most of the time. (the crowd laughs) You know, I will tell you, there was a lot of moments, because it wasn’t all done on green screen. They were nice enough to build a lot of these sets where you actually got to play in them. The most fun we had was the driving sequences, believe it or not, because, you know, we’re being towed but Raffey is driving and, you know, I keep having to teach her like, you’ve got to keep looking at the road, and she’d be like, “What is the deal?”. It was just old fashioned, three people sitting in a truck for five days, arguing and doing fun stuff. And that’s really fun for actors, because you don’t have to do any make believe. It’s all just right there. So I really enjoyed that. And also it was fun shoving all the packs of powder down their throat because we must have done, I don’t know, 30 takes!”

 

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Casey’s Coke Explosion…

George mentions that packs of powder in the interview q/a above. In that same scene of the movie, Casey drinks 2 bottles of Coke, straight down. I won’t tell you why, because I don’t want to spoil anything….but this was another fun part of the interview.

Q. Did Britt really drink all those bottles of Coke?

George: “Yeah, now in fairness, Brad was kind enough to only have her do it, I think, three times. But she does down two Cokes in the take. And, I just sit there going, “you know, she’s gonna explode”, but she did it. With young actors, I remember when I was doing Descendants and we had this little girl, she played my youngest daughter in the film, and we did a scene where she gets to eat ice cream, and she never acted in a movie before and she just starts pounding the table. They did 9 takes and the girl, she was literally like, “uughhh”.

 

Tomorrowland in theaters NOW! GO SEE IT!!

Head out to the theater tonight with your family and see Tomorrowland! Think “retro futuristic”.

Like TOMORROWLAND on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyTomorrowland

Follow Disney Pictures on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisneyPictures

Visit the official TOMORROWLAND website: www.Disney.com/Tomorrowland

 

Are you taking your family to see Tomorrowland?

Filed Under: Disney, Entertainment, Kid Friendly Tagged With: disney, George Clooney, George Clooney Interview, Tomorrowland, TomorrowlandEvent

My George Clooney Interview for Tomorrowland Part 1 – #TomorrowlandEvent

May 13, 2015 by Jenni 283 Comments

Disclosure: I was provided an all-expense paid trip to the #TomorrowlandEvent in Los Angeles California in order to facilitate this post; however all opinions and admiration for George Clooney expressed are my own.

Tomorrowland George Clooney InterviewPhoto Credit: Louise Bishop Momstart.com

Yes. This happened. Last Friday, actually! I, along with 24 other bloggers, interviewed George Clooney at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills! He’s starring in the new family friendly Disney movie, Tomorrowland. I’ve never been in the same room with a celebrity, let alone ask one a question, and have them answer my question. George Clooney spoke to ME! He plays the role of “Frank Walker” in Tomorrowland – which is a seriously grumpy character, which Clooney plays perfectly. The real George Clooney, however, is very funny. He’s funny, quick witted, down to earth, and genuinely nice.

 

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George Breaks the Ice

George is SUPER funny and pops out these wise-cracks in a millisecond. As soon as he walks into the room filled with very nervous and star struck women, he says “I have never seen a table this long.” You have to remember that there were 25 of us sitting around this gigantic table. And then in a really deep voice he cracks this joke,“Alright, we have time for one more question.” And the entire room of women laugh. Then he asks us, “So you are Mommy Bloggers? Really!” and we all in unison answer, “Yes!”. We were all anxious and nervous from the get go, so he totally broke the ice!

 

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George Believes in Tomorrowland

Once the ice broke, we were all instantly ready to hear what George thought of his role as Frank in the movie, and how he felt about the message behind Tomorrowland. When asked, “Alright, so the message in Tomorrowland said a lot. Can we fix it? And you firmly believe in that with all your humanitarian work. Is that one of the things that drew you to the movie?”

…and George replied…

“You know, at first I wanted to work with Brad Bird and then when I read the screenplay, I thought, you know, we sort of are inundated in our lives with lots of bad news. You turn on the television and it hurts. It’s a bad time and what I loved was the idea that their future isn’t just automatically inevitable. And that, you have to participate and you don’t have to just accept how it ends. I was born in the early 60’s, so I grew up in the era where the individual actually had effect. The civil rights movement, the Vietnam movement, the women’s rights moments, and that stuff, and so I always felt like and believed that there was a version of it. I was raised that there was a version of this where you could affect the future, and you didn’t have to just accept it. The Russians weren’t gonna necessarily just blow us all up.”

 

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George, Tomorrowland, Jetpacks, and Tang

It’s very apparent that the little boy who believes in make believe, still lives inside George Clooney. We chatted for a bit about the futuristic things in Tomorrowland. He was asked if it was difficult to work with contraptions and harnesses.

George replies:

“I’ve done it a few times. In Gravity, I had to do it. But, the thing about being an actor is you really don’t ever have to grow up, right? We’re still playing make believe. I’m 54 and I’m playing make-believe. So when they put you in a contraption, and say now you’re gonna fly, I mean, you’re still a 12 year old and you go really, am I gonna fly from here to there? Oh yeah, let’s go, it’s fun. I’ve always found that part to be magical. I just wish the jet pack really worked.” The crowd laughs. “You know, when I was growing up, it was the space race and we were eating space food sticks and drinking Tang and I really thought by now we’d be riding around in Jetson cars. But no such luck.”

Then someone asked if the jetpack would be one of the futuristic things that would be awesome to have, George replied,

“Let me put it to you this way. So you’re at LAX. You get your bags. I’ve got to get to Studio City. It’s 4:30 on a Friday. It would be the greatest moment ever, just blasting right over all the traffic. I think it would be fantastic, although, you know, I don’t know that I want everybody to have one ’cause they’d just be circling my house yelling down at me, Hey! What’s Amal gonna wear to the MET Ball?” We all crack out in laughter at that, and we all loved that he mentioned his beautiful wife! Then he finishes, “So no, I don’t know if I want everybody to have a jet pack.”

 

George’s Favorite Scenes

My favorite parts in the movie are also George’s favorite parts! In the Tomorrowland movie trailer, you see some scenes of the outside and the inside of an old farmhouse. This is where you first meet “Frank” (Clooney) and you see his grumpy and rigid character. When asked what his favorite scene in the movie was, he replied…

“Yeah, that’s a good question. It’s fun because, look, first let me start off by explaining to you how I came to this part, right? Brad and Damon called me and said we’ve written a part for you in a movie. And I’d been trying to work with Brad for a long time. They send me the script and I open it up and the description of me is a 55 year old angry, bitter, guy. I’m like, thanks guys – thank you so much. But what I loved about it was that the entire film, he’s just a grump. I loved like when Britt first comes to the house. We really had fun shooting all that stuff in the farm house. That was fun ’cause all the robot guys were really sweet and nice, and not really robots, you know. And, so I think that might have been the most fun scene to shoot, all the farm house stuff.”

P.S. Several of these farmhouse scenes are in the movie trailer above! Don’t miss it!

 

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George’s Got a Gun

So, okay…back to the little boy living inside of George Clooney. The very last question that was asked was if he kept any props or memorabilia from the Tomorrowland movie and I got the biggest kick out of his reply…

“Now here’s the thing. Disney’s got armed guards around all that stuff. And Brad is very, possessive of all those things as well, so I will not answer what I stole, because they will come take it away from me, but it shoots rays and it’s a gun.” The entire room laughs and George has the biggest smile on his face.

 

George’s Quote Struck Home with Me

I have to say I didn’t take my eyes off of George the entire time. Yes, he’s very handsome…but that’s not why I couldn’t quit watching and listening. When does a normal work from home mom get a chance to meet a celebrity of his caliber?! I wanted to absorb everything he had to say. Not just as an actor, but as a human being with real thoughts, feelings and emotions.

George said many inspiring and funny things during our interview, but the one phrase that struck home with me was this…

“The future is yours and the future is yours to decide what it will be.” – George Clooney

 

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After the interview was over, we all piled around George for a group photo. He’s in the middle – completely surrounded, haha. I’m behind him, to the left…in the light tan colored top. You can tell by the looks on our faces that we were very happy and excited to be IN the same breathing space as George Clooney. Hello!

 

Tomorrowland Poster

Mark Your Calendars for Tomorrowland – Friday, May 22nd!

Plan on taking the family to Tomorrowland on Friday, May 22nd. It’ll be in theaters everywhere!! Think “retro futuristic”. That’s sort of the theme for the movie.

Like TOMORROWLAND on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyTomorrowland

Follow Disney Pictures on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisneyPictures

Visit the official TOMORROWLAND website: www.Disney.com/Tomorrowland

 

Are you taking your family to see Tomorrowland?

 

 

Filed Under: Disney, Entertainment, Kid Friendly Tagged With: disney, George Clooney, Interview, Tomorrowland, TomorrowlandEvent

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