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“I’ve never
been a Casanova,” claims George.
“I am in fact very serious when it comes to
love and fidelity. Unfortunately my work
comes first in my life and that has cost me
some relationships.”
It’s a triple whammy, packing all the emotional
appeal of a true story combined with dramatic special effects and the
heart-stopping presence of George Clooney, the Kentucky-born actor who made his
name playing Dr Doug Ross in the hit TV series ER.
And Clooney fans are flocking to the cinema to see The Perfect Storm, a
tale of a desperate struggle on the high seas in which George turns in a rugged
portrayal of Billy Tyne, real-life captain of a fishing boat caught in a freak
tempest off the North Atlantic Coast in 1991. Ever since his role as Dr Ross
turned him into an international heart-throb, the actor has refused to sit
quietly in the sex symbol box, consistently going after more unexpected films,
like Three Kings (1999) and now The Perfect Storm.
“It’s about an ordinary man, a fisherman, facing his biggest
challenge: a massive storm endangering the lives of his crew,” says George
of his latest role. “The classic story of a simple human being against
impossible odds.”
The 39-year-old Taurean has been equally determined not to be told how to run
his private life. His 1989 marriage to actress Talia Balsam ended within three
years, and last year he broke up with his steady girlfriend, Celine Balitran.
Some of his female co-stars are astonished that George is not a father yet. Two
of them, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer each bet the actor $10,000 that he
would be a father by the time he was 40. “They’ll lose,” says
George with certainty. “Even though there is about a year left to my 40th
birthday.” |
This man stands at
Number One on People
magazine’s list of America’s Most Eligible
Bachelors. It’s not hard to see why, is it?
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making waves with his
new movie ‘The Perfect Storm’, the sex symbol insists he has no time
left for romance
In The Perfect
Storm, George plays
a real-life captain of a fishing boat
caught in a freak North Atlantic
tempest
Now George is rumoured
to be romancing
Ally McBeal star Lucy Liu, soon to be seen
in the big-screen version of Charlies Angels
| Now, it’s whispered that George, Number One on
People magazine’s list of America’s Most Eligible Bachelors,
is stepping out with actress Lucy Liu, of Ally McBeal fame. But George
is staying tight-lipped on the matter although, when asked what the best thing
a woman ever said to him was: “The house key is under the welcome
mat.” Maybe that was Lucy… |
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