George Clooney was almost Noah Calhoun. During a virtual chat at the 64th BFI London Film Festival, the 59-year-old actor revealed that he nearly starred in Ryan Gosling's role in.
On top of that, Clooney shared that Paul Newman was going to play the older version of his character, a role that ultimately went to James Garner.
In addition to Gosling and Garner, the iconic 2004 flick went on to star Rachel McAdams and Gena Rowlands as the leading lady, Allie Hamilton.«We were going to do together,» Clooney said of Newman, per Deadline. «Basically, I was going to play him as a young man, and it was funny.
We met and said, 'This is it. It’s going to be great.'»Clooney, who was promoting his new Netflix film, , got cold feet after watching some.
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