Brad Pitt’s trick on George Clooney after ‘Ocean’s Eleven’: “It was horrible”

The film franchise that began with ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, released in 2001, continues to be fondly remembered by the public, enthusiastic about the story of that gang of refined thieves capable of lining the pockets of millions of people with their complicated and strategic robberies. And this is indisputable The spectacular cast, which included heavyweights such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts and Andy García, contributed greatly to the success of the film and its sequels.

Many of the stars of this select cast of actors have given champions left over in the years of friendship they keep off-screen, as in the case of George Clooney and Brad Pitt (which in addition to the “Ocean’s” films, would be working together again on the Cohen brothers’ 2008 film “Burn After Reading”). And now, Clooney recalled in an interview with GQ the joke that Pitt played on him right after he finished filming the first chapter of the series.

“Brad sent a reminder to all the neighbors”, the actor narrated, referring to his exclusive residence on Lake Como, Italy, “and I attached it to the telephone poles”. The text written in the document, as revealed by the plaintiff, said the following: “The movie will be released in town, so please refer to George Clooney as ‘Mr. Clooney’. His character’s name is Danny Ocean, and don’t look him directly in the eye.”

Pitt’s teasing had immediate results: Clooney had to put up with it the Italian press echoed the words of the memorandum by naming it “Il Divo”, the “Divo”. “It was a horrible story, but then I gave it back to him.”, explained the performer with a sense of humor, recounting another amusing anecdote in which Pitt did not come out so well.

The episode took place one night when Clooney had invited several of his co-stars from the franchise to his Italian mansion: Matt Damon, Don Cheadley, and Pitt himself. “There is a house on the other side of the lake, which was empty, and we made up a story about how haunted it was.”. At dawn, the group decided to take a boat and go there, and Clooney ended up challenging his friends, promising that I’d give $ 10,000 to anyone who dared to stay overnight, only with a candle and a bottle of wine.

Pitt and Cheadle took the bet, but, according to Clooney, his courage quickly faded., and as the boat pulled away, after leaving them alone in the “damn” house, he and Damon got a call: “They told us, ‘Fuck it, get us out of this house!’ So we went back and got them. “the actor shared with a laugh.