Hollywood liberal George Clooney On Tuesday night, he promoted his new show to “Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, saying that he was lying journalists during the dark times in the US history.
The Democratic Party donor strongly hinted that the game was timely for Trump’s Era, despite trying to avoid direct pronunciation.
Colbert asked sarcastically, “Why do you think the good idea is now to bring back a play about a man in journalism that opposes both corporate and political interests?” Laughing, Clooney replied, “Yes, that’s a strange thing, isn’t it?”
Mentioning himself and his father – who is a journalist – Clooney told Colbert, “We have always believed in the idea, when there were three estates – a judicial branch and an executive – when you all fail, you really need that fourth property.”
Actor George Clooney tells host CBS for a late night Stephen Colbert about his new play “Good Night and Happy”.
Play, “good night and good luck” contains Clooney in which he acts as CBS News Sidro Edward Murrow in his Broadway debut. Based on the 2005 film of the same name, the upcoming production centers on Murrow’s reporting on McCarthy Eri and anti -communist investigations in the US government at that time.
The actor told the late -night host that he had written a screenplay for the film version 20 years ago, in response to the fact that he is a warmth for opposition to the war in Iraq.
“They called me a traitor of the country because I was against the war in Iraq and put me on the deck of tickets and called me a traitor and things … Yes, that was a traitor’s deck, remember?”
“Wow,” Colbert replied. “Yes, I’m really proud of that,” the actor added with a smile, causing a laugh in the study audience.
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Julia Roberts and George Clooney (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
He continued to talk about the importance of printing in America, especially when the government was hostile to him.
“We forever had this question that somehow hates the fourth estate. He hates journalism.”
Clooney added that he felt show He portrays the Americans in the “our best” in terms of a journalist who seeks to tell the truth against sharp opposition.
Colbert entered in: “Well, sometimes you’re at the best of order when it’s very dark, because then you have to be the best, and that was at the peak of McCarthyism.”
“You’re never in order when it’s easy,” Clooney said. “That’s why it’s called courage,” the host added.
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Clooney was the vocal Hollywood critic of President Trump. (Getty Images)
“Being on the right side of history is not fun at the moment you do it. It’s nice later …” the actor continued. Colbert noted, “And everyone thinks they know how they behaved during the growing fascism … until the pressure on them did not.”
Finally, mentioning Trump’s era explicitly, Clooney mentioned that prosecutors came out “very strong” against Trump administration “In the last week.”
The actor then admitted that he played Coy about the mention of Trump in the context of his Broadway production, saying the host of CBS: “Somehow we talk about what is the kind of giant elephant in the room.”
He continued to mention that you win and lose some of the US elections, which made Colbert asking him how he felt in the 2024 elections. Mocking Hardcore Maga fans, the actor gave up, “Well, I don’t know. What should I do? Storms with capitol f ——–?”
“It didn’t work. That happens,” Clooney said, reaching a reconciliable tone because of the election results. “It’s part of democracy.”
