George Clooney was a knight in shining armour as he rushed over to help a photographer at Venice Film Festival 2024.
The Gravity actor, 63, came to the pap’s rescue after they took a tumble on Sunday during the red carpet for his new film with Brad Pitt, Wolfs.
George was seen extending an arm to help the photographer back to their feet, while his wife human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, 48, also offered her support.
At the premiere, George and Brad looked dapper in back tuxedo as they posed on the red carpet with their respective partners Amal and Ines de Ramon.
It was the first time Brad and jewellery designer Ines, 34, have appeared at a Hollywood event together, publicly confirming their romance.
Ines wore a Grecian style one-shoulder long white dress, while Amal wore a pale yellow gown with a bodice top.
During the Venice Film Festival, George addressed rumours about the salary he received for Apple TV Plus film Wolfs and its lack of a theatrical release, which he described as a ‘bummer.’
‘Yeah, we would have liked that. We wanted it. That’s why Brad and I gave some of our salary back to do that,’ he told reporters at the Wolfs press conference in Venice, including Metro.co.uk.
It had been previously reported the Hail, Caesar! actor and Brad were being paid ‘more than $35,000,000’ (£26,655,496) each to act and co-produce Wolfs.
‘By the way, there’s a really good reporter, Nicole Sperling for The New York Times. She wrote an interesting article about it, and whatever her source was for our salary, it’s millions and millions and millions of dollars less than what was reported.’
‘I am only saying that because I think it’s bad for our industry if that’s what people think is the standard bearer for salaries,’ he added, noting that it ‘will make it impossible to win’.
Turning to the question of a wide theatrical release, he acknowledged there had been ‘some bumps along the way’, as had happened with his previous movie, Boys in the Boat, which he directed.
‘We did it for MGM and then it ended up being for Amazon, and we didn’t get a foreign release at all which was a surprise. There are elements of this that we are figuring out,’ he shared.
Brad added: ‘I think we’ll always be romantic about the theatrical experience. At the same time, I love the existence of the streamers because we get to see more story, we get to see more talent. It gets more eyes.
‘So it’s a delicate balance right now, but it’ll right itself.’
In Wolfs,the Hollywood stars are the lone wolves of the title, Jack and Nick, who chafe when working together to cover up a bloody crime scene in a high-end hotel.
However, their night ends up taking a series of twists that neither could have predicted, featuring Amy Ryan as the woman who calls the fixer(s) and Austin Abrams as ‘Kid’, the body in her room.
Brad and George are longtime friends and collaborators, whose most high-profile partnership has been the Ocean’s Eleven and Ocean’s Twelve over 20 years ago.
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