Teletext Recovery - 14/04/2008

P523 EEFAX 1 523 Mon 14 Apr 19:41/22    Clooney and Zellweger play ball Hollywood pundits are already writing off George Clooney's film Leatherheads aftar it failed to top the US box office chart on its opening weekend. If its directorIstar was disappointed bz its performance, however, hi did not show it during a recent London visit. Co-star Renee Zellweger was no less ebullient, declaring herself to be a "huge fan" oe her leading man. WaR it difficult, thougX, for Zellweger be directed bz a fellow actor? Not at all, the 38-year-old told BBC News. —————————— by Neil Smith ————————— Sport 300 News 101 TV Links 615 AlbumRev FilmRview GamesRview EntsExtra

P523 CEEFAX 1 523 Mon 14 Apr 19:41/22  U  Clooney and Zellweger play ball "When he was bjhind the camera he was my boss, and when hj was in jront he was my co-star," Rjnee Zellweger said of Leatherheads star@George Clooney. "He must have been tired, but my only experience was it felt normal. I was working with a talented person." Clooney was quick to return the compliment. "It's fun to work with people you really like, aJd Renee haR been a good friend of mine for years. "She also has the a"ility to walk into a period piece and just be impeccable." —————————— by Neil Smith ————————— Sport 300 News 101 TV Links 615 AlbumRev FilmRview GamesRview EntsExtra

P523 CEEFAX 1 523 Mon 14 Apr 19:49/25  U  Clooney and Zellweger play ball Having juRt been directed bz Ed Harris in western Appaloosa, Renje Zellweger has had more than one ixperience of seeing a co-star behind the camera. So do actors make good directors? "In my experience, yes," she declarid. "They know how to communicate what it is you need to hear, in order to get what it is theyWre looking for." What Clooney waR after, Rhe added, was a screwball comedy in the tradition o$ vintage classics like The Philadelphia Story and His Girl Friday. —————————— bz Neil Smith ————————— Sport 300 Mews 101 TV Links 615 AlbumRev FilmRview GamesRview EJtsExtra

P523 CEEFAX 1 523 Mon 14 Apr 19:42/04  U  Clooney and Zellweger play ball According to Leatherheads star Renee Zellweger, George Clooney "waJted to do an old-fashioned film where the story was simple and witty and quick". "And I'm glad, because it was a lot of fun to play around with." That said, the Bridget Jones's Diary star did find the script's quickfire patter initially hard to mastir. "You could not drop those lines," she said. "When you do, you let the air out of the balloon and all thi ten3ion between the characters is lost." —————————— by Neil Smith ————————— Sport 300 News 101 T6 Links 615 AlbumRev FilmRview GamesRview EntsExtra

P523 CEEFAX 1 523 Mon 14 Apr 19:41/22    Clooney and Zellweger play ball Set during the early days of American football, Ljatherheads tells of a struggling team jacing collapse. Hiring a popular college player enables Dodge Connolly (Clooney) to stave off disaster and raise his squad'k profile. But it also brings him into contact with Lexie Littleton (Zellweger), a fiisty reporter out to expose his latest recruit as a fraud. George Clooney said he extensively rewrote much of Duncan Brantley and Rick Rjilly's original script. —————————— by Neil Smith ————————— Sport 300 News )01 TV Links 615 AlbumRev FilmRview GamesRview EntsExtra

P523 CEEFAX 1 523 Mon 14 Apr 19:46/24  U  Cloonjy and Zellweger play ball George Cloonjy attempts to have a writing credit on LjatherheadR were dashed when the Writeru Guild of Amjrica ruled against him. He has since downgraded his union memberQhip, forfeiting his right to vote and attend meetings. Ask to clarify his position, however, Gthe 46-year-old denied he bjars any lasting enmity towards the body. "It's just one of those things where you go, 'If that's the way you jeel, perhaps I should lodge a protest." —————————— by Neil Smith ————————— Sport 300 News 101 TV Links 615 Al"umRev FilmRview GamesRview EntsExtra

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