Here are some photos of George Clooney in costume as Julius Caesar. You read that correctly. A few months ago, George signed up to play Julius Caesar in the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar!. The film is about “about a 1950s-era Hollywood fixer who’s called upon to keep the movie stars on what appears to be a Roman-era period piece in line.” Sounds like what really happened on the set of Cleopatra, with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
So, what do you think of George’s look? Since this is a film within a film, George is playing a 1950s actor playing Julius Caesar, so the look has to be what a 1950s studio thought Julius Caesar would have looked like. And obviously, the look is being played for laughs. Which is good, because this is funny.
The Coens assembled another amazing ensemble for this film besides George: they’ve also got Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes (!!!), Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill and Josh Brolin. OMG!!! I tend to love George in Coen Brothers’ films, and George + Tilda? Amazing, as always. I think George and Tilda are actually sort of tight.
According to E! News, George’s day on set was pretty light. He was brought to the LA set at 1:30 pm, he filmed a few scenes and he was done by 4 pm. E! News says George “appeared to be in a great mood, smiling and joking around with the crew.” I wonder if Amal is in LA with him? Or is she in London, working and dealing with her newfound fame?
Photos courtesy of WENN.
He should have done this 10 years ago.
Pretty sure he did do that 10 years ago.
Dusk till Dawn? His only hot moment in my opinion. But now? Fail
More than 10 years ago, I think…he had a very similar haircut when he was on ER (at least in the early seasons).
I didn’t know !
@Darkladi – ITA. He lost his sizzle a long time ago.
Yep. Funny AND fug.
SO much Brylcreem. He must have never heard the slogan that a little dab will do ya.
He ran out of Dapper Dan and we know he is a Dapper Dan man
He’s gotten pretty fug to me, like a bulbous wrinkly old man. He’s lost the hot. It’s somewhere in 1998…
Agreed, and I’ve also noticed that when I see him in a film, I just see George Clooney acting, not the character he’s meant to portray.
True, he ruined parts of Gravity for me when he was in the scenes, it seemed like George Clooney popping in and not a character.
I loved the scenes with Sandra B. alone in the spacecraft.
George is looking a bit tired and old, but I was never a person who found him super gorgeous even years ago.
P.S. I know the man gets Oscar’s galore, but I have never thougt he was a great actor, he usually just seems to be playing Clooney.
He was good in that political movie with Ryan Gosling but he still just seemed to be playing Clooney. imo
@someonestolemyname I completely agree about Gravity, and that political movie, The Ides of March, just sucked all around in my opinion. Clooney is not a good actor, and I can’t decide whether it was bad acting or just a badly written character that made me dislike Ryan Gosling in that film.
You’re exactly right. Clooney pretty much plays himself in every movie. He’s usually likable, but never disappears into the character. Julia Roberts is the same.
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+1 This.
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The look is hilarious/heinous, but seems appropriate for what the film seems to be about. Sounds like it could be good, reminds me a bit of the book Beautiful Ruins.
Funny AND Fug!
It’s funny that he’s sporting a Caesar cut considering he created that fad in the 90s. And yes he looks terrible.
George had this haircut back when he was on E.R. in the 90s. He’s older now, obviously, but I think the Caesar cut fits him quite nicely.
His is the same haircut he had for the movie with Tarantino in the 90’s.
George has nice legs for a semi old guy.
Yes, Louise!! Right??
It’s funny because it’s George Clooney lol….but he actually does look like a ’50’s version of Caesar
Oh, dear. Not a good look.
Yup, Jowls and a Caesar haircut, not a good look indeed.
I must say he has nice legs! He does look aged and tired but this movie sounds hilarious, he is good in comedic roles, so let’s see.
Clooney has an acting range of a spoon. Sorry, but every time see him I can’t look at the character he plays without seeing bits and pieces of self -inserted Clooney…
George has good legs..
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I can’t wait to see this movie. I love the Coen brothers.
The tacky, stereotypical 50’s costume is perfect for George’s fake Hollywood self. He should wear it more often.
i like his hair. the gray should stay gone imo. i watch so little on the big screen these days but i do make an exception for the coen brothers, clooney’s collaboration with them has yielded excellent work and the brothers No Country was fascinating, although my favorites will always be the brilliantly nuanced and dark Fargo and Oh Brother because it was such an excellent vehicle for clooney’s comedic talent and natural charm.
the personal comments on his attractiveness seem so mean-spirited and catty. is it because he is now married?
‘O Brother’ was imo Clooney at his absolute best. Nothing he’s done since can match it but his other work with the Coen’s – Intolerable Cruelty (flawed, but still), Burn After Reading – is still better imo than his work with any other director. And 1000 times better than anything self-directed. They seem to be able to draw something out of him that’s real and meaningful that other directors can’t. Fingers crossed that this will be a win all round.
amen guesto. well said. i thought czj was a vision in intolerable cruelty. put clooney beside her and they were perfection. the coens write with him in mind and they do seem to tap something in him that lies dormant otherwise. so even if this movie is not of the highest calibre, it will still be worth seeing for the artistic collaboration alone, imo.
No, it’s not that he is “Now Married” George is now in his fifties and looks every year of it due to a hard partying lifestyle..among other things..
He just looks ridiculous here with the dyed hair, haircut. jowls, the whole Roman thing going on.. laughable..
What really wreaks it is that he isn’t so carefree any more, takes himself way too seriously.. Wish he was a better, he would have something to fall back on as a ” character” actor these days..
i think he has always been self-conscious in that actor sort of way. but this is a role he is playing he is in character. it seems like you have an axe to grind or maybe just mean spirited as i said before. i will reserve my judgement until i have a context. but you are of course entitled to your opinion.
Kind of silly. But it’s George Clooney. He’s not doing it for free.
It fits the part. That said, since Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are in this movie, it will be one that I will never, ever watch. lol
OMG! Too Funny! LOL!
What is the hell is he thinking? OMG…
What about Michael Clayton ?? Loved him in that movie? And O brother where art thou ? Awesome movie . Out of Sight, another great Clooney movie. And he looked gorgeous in that movie . Just as hot as in From Dusk til Dawn. And yeah, I Do remember when he had that Caesar haircut. He had the face to pull it off..not something you could say about 98 percent of the male population imo.
Thank goodness it’s a piss take. When I first saw the pictures, without reading the story, I thought he was starring in an authentic Roman picture. GC doesn’t have the bearing or face for that sort of film.