UNITED STATES: George Clooney and Ryan Gosling arrive in Beverly Hills for the red carpet premiere of the new political thriller "The Ides of March."

Record ID: 1537781

  • Title: UNITED STATES: George Clooney and Ryan Gosling arrive in Beverly Hills for the red carpet premiere of the new political thriller "The Ides of March."
  • Date: 28th September 2011
  • Summary: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 27, 2011) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) MOVIE POSTERS GEORGE CLOONEY, RYAN GOSLING AND JEFFREY WRIGHT ON THE RED CARPET CLOONEY WALKING TO THE PRESS LINE (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE CLOONEY ON POLITICS, SAYING: "I don't know whether anyone can do this cleanly. I spent 16 weeks in an office on K street with republican operatives, Mary Matalin, Michael Deaver and James Carville. i worked with a bunch of them and I saw just how difficult it was for anyone in the political arena on either side to not have to shake hands with people that made them not feel clean." CLOONEY AND GOSLING (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE CLOONEY ON DIRECTING, SAYING: "Directing is more fun because I can boss people around. I get to tell, like I would say to Ryan, 'Don't wear that olive green suit.'" GOSLING BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) RYAN GOSLING ON WORKING WITH CLOONEY, SAYING: "He just wants it to be fun for everyone. he works really hard to make sure that happens. He's always telling jokes and doing impressions and things like that. I think because he has so much stress that he doesn't want everyone else to feel that." EVAN RACHEL WOOD ON THE RED CARPET 10 JEFFREY WRIGHT BEING INTERVIEWED CLOONEY BEING INTERVIEWED MARISA TOMEI (SOUNDBITE) (English) EVAN RACHEL WOOD ON CLOONEY'S POLITICAL FUTURE, SAYING: "I don't think so. I don't think that is what he wants to do either. I mean he put it this way, 'That is just doesn't sound like much fun at all.' He's definetly not about that."
  • Embargoed: 13th October 2011 16:26
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment
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  • Story Text: Self-admitted "political junkie," George Clooney showed up on the red carpet Tuesday night (September 27) in Beverly Hills for the premiere of his new political thriller, "The Ides of March."
    In the film, Clooney portrays Governor Mike Morris, a Democratic presidential candidate on a fast track to the White House. It takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary played by Ryan Gosling finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.
    Clooney explained that while the film is a drama first, politics offered the perfect backdrop to tell the story of good and evil.
    "I don't know whether anyone can do this cleanly," said Clooney, when asked about the challenge of political life.
    "I spent 16 weeks in an office on K street with Republican operatives, Mary Matalin, Michael Deaver and James Carville. I worked with a bunch of them and I saw just how difficult it was for anyone in the political arena, on either side to not have to shake hands with people that made them not feel clean."
    Clooney, who added the titles of co-writer and director on the film, joked that he actually likes being the boss.
    "Directing is more fun because I can boss people around. I get to tell, like I would say to Ryan, 'Don't wear that olive green suit.'"
    Actually, his cast had nothing but good things to say about their director.
    "He just wants it to be fun for everyone," said Gosling, who showed up for the premiere in an olive green suit. "He works really hard to make sure that happens. He's always telling jokes and doing impressions and things like that. I think because he has so much stress that he doesn't want everyone else to feel that."
    Clooney also shunned off any questions about his own political future, but co-star Evan Rachel Wood weighed in on the topic.
    "I don't think so. I don't think that is what he wants to do either," explained Wood. "I mean he put it this way, 'That it just doesn't sound like much fun at all.' He's definetly not about that."
    "The Ides of March" also stars Jeffrey Wright, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti.
    The film opens on October 7.
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