Movie News: George Clooney On Mark Wahlberg & Johnny Depp Turning Down ‘Ocean’s Eleven’: “They Regret It Now”

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George Clooney On Mark Wahlberg & Johnny Depp Turning Down ‘Ocean’s Eleven’: “They Regret It Now”

George Clooney is talking about some of the Hollywood stars that turned down starring in Ocean’s Eleven. During the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival, Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh cele…

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George Clooney On Mark Wahlberg & Johnny Depp Turning Down ‘Ocean’s Eleven’: “They Regret It Now”​

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Johnny Depp, George Clooney and Mark WahlbergNoam Galai / Charley Gallay / Getty Images / Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic
George Clooney is talking about some of the Hollywood stars that turned down starring in Ocean’s Eleven.
During the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival, Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh celebrated the 2001 film. Clooney revealed that Mark Wahlberg and Johnny Depp were in talks to play Linus, the role that ultimately went to Matt Damon.
“Steven had just done Erin Brockovich and Traffic, and he was nominated for directing both films,” Clooney said at the event, via Entertainment Weekly. “So, people really wanted to work with Steven.”

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Soderbergh added that some actors turned down the offer with Clooney adding, “They did. Some very famous people told us to f**k right off. Mark Wahlberg, Johnny Depp. There were others. They regret it now. I regret doing f***ing Batman.”

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The director recalled that the idea of making Ocean’s Eleven came as he was looking into combining the work he was doing with indies with mainstream big-budget Hollywood films.
“It felt like the next iteration in my desire to work in the mainstream film business and make movies that could be released in a lot of theaters,” Soderbergh said.
Clooney added, “It’s also important to understand where we were at the time. The studios were making very big, broad, not very good films at that time. Steven had this idea of trying to infuse all of this independent film stuff that all of these young filmmakers were learning back into the studio system. It was going to get back to the things that they were doing from like 1964 to 1975.”

 

[ronmch20]

I'm glad they did, movie would not have been nearly as good with them.

 

[The Plutonian]

Can’t stand that racist fag Mark Wahlberg. White folk get away with everything.

 

[Lexx Diamond]

Can’t stand that racist fag Mark Wahlberg. White folk get away with everything.

Thank you. I fucking despise that racist Boston culture vulture cunt.

 

[knightmelodic]

marky mark can't act worth shit and those heavy-hitters would have shown him up. Depp, though a good actor, just doesn't have the connection with those guys. That was what made the flic so good - you could tell the cast liked and respected each other and had fun making the movie.

And as Plutonian and Lexx reminded us, walburg and all his talentless brothers are all racist pieces of shit. You wanna laugh take a look at his "apology" for his racist words and actions.

 

[Dr. Truth]

Every cac from Boston is a racist

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Who was Johnny Depp going to play? I can clearly see Scott Caan's character being for Mark. I can't see Depp playing Brad Pitt’s character.

 

[ronmch20]

Who was Johnny Depp going to play? I can clearly see Scott Caan's character being for Mark. I can't see Depp playing Brad Pitt’s character.

They were both offered and turned down the role that untimately went to Matt Damon.

 

[lengthy]

The cast was perfect so it works out (RIP to the Mac man)

Mr. Lengthy

 

[clitsational]

(RIP to the Mac man)​

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[lengthy]

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well aint that a whole bitch i never knew about that shit... doesnt make Harvey look good at all. at all.

I believe that Steve Harvey, Depp, Mark Whalberg - they all would have overacted that role and change the whole vibe of the movie. Mac's performance was smooth and nuanced. strong enough that you love the character but not too strong to try to grab the spotlight. clooney, pitt and the villains are the stars of the ocean 11/12/13 movies and thats how it should be. how you gon pull off these crazy complicated cons when homie in your crew stand out like a sore thumb?

Respect and RIP to Mac... and fuck you Steve for bitching up

Mr. Lengthy

 

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