George Clooney made a film trilogy based on an old Rat Pack movie, Ocean’s 11, and he was a fitting guy to do it. That’s because Clooney an actor who has always had something of an air of old Hollywood about him. Hard drinking has always been a part of that image and, while at 64 years old, the actor may not drink like he used to, he apparently got completely smashed at the Tony Awards this year. The A-lister doesn’t mind admitting it either.
In a new profile for Esquire, George Clooney reveals he almost completely stopped drinking during the six-month period he was rehearsing and performing Good Night and Good Luck on Broadway (for which he also dyed his hair). However, following the Tony Awards, where the show was nominated for multiple awards, Clooney decided to celebrate, and he really went for it. As he recalled…
I got blasted. Barely-walking drunk, you know? Came home with Amal, and I was just laughing. We’re lying in bed, and I go, Well, I caught up for all my abstinence in one night. I was sick all day the next day; it was hysterical. I was like high school drunk. Like dumbass drunk.
tequila company before he sold it for a billion dollars, so his connection to booze will always be strongly established.
drinking like he’s a younger man or playing pranks on his friends, George Clooney is someone who clearly never lets his age get in the way of having fun. One expects that if the planned Ocean’s 11 sequel that is currently in development gets underway, Clooney and all his friends will have a lot of fun together. I could see there being plenty of drinking then, too, though hopefully not so much that Clooney has to go to work hungover. He’s too old for that.
Check out Clooney’s latest film, Jay Kelly, which opens in select theaters on November 14 and will be streamable with a Netflix subscription starting December 5.