Says Danny Ocean to George Clooney in 2001 Ocean Eleven. “Unless, when that particular hand comes up, you bet big. Then you take home.” Warner Bros. bet big and won on Steven Soderbergh’s remake of Rat Pack, bringing together a star-studded cast including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and the iconic $20 million-per-picture Julia Roberts. But there were two most wanted actors that Ocean’s 11-man crew of con artists couldn’t recruit to rob their Las Vegas casino: Johnny Depp and Mark Wahlberg.
Stephen just finished Optical fiber And passageand he was [Oscar] He is nominated to direct both films,” Clooney said of his film Ocean Trilogy Director at 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival (trans EW). “So, people really wanted to work with Stephen.”
“Having said that, some people told us no,” Soderbergh said.
Clooney confirmed that Depp Wahlberg was approached to play the role of rising rookie Linus Caldwell, which eventually went to the future. Bourne co-star Damon, who would reprise the role in 2004 In the twelfth ocean and 2007 Thirteen oceans.
“They did [say no to us]Clooney said, “Some very famous people told us to do it right away. Mark Wahlberg, Johnny Depp. There were others. They regret it now. I regret doing it.” [Batman & Robin].”
Ocean Eleven It went on to gross $450 million against an $85 million budget at the global box office, spawning two sequels and a female lead. Ocean 8 in 2018. Along with Clooney, Pitt, Roberts and Damon, Eleven It featured an ensemble cast that included Andy Garcia, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Don Cheadle, and Carl Reiner, among others.
A flashy Vegas heist with an all-star ensemble, a remake of the 1960 film that starred Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., “seemed like the next iteration in my desire to work in the mainstream film business and make films that could be released in many theaters,” recalls Soderbergh. “I grew up watching films made by great filmmakers that were commercially successful and iconic films. And I wanted to be part of that tradition.”
Clooney added, “It’s also important to understand where we were at the time. Studios were making very big, large-scale, not very good films at the time. Stephen had the idea of trying to air all these indie films that these young filmmakers were learning back into the studio system.” He would go back to the things they were doing from 1964 to 1975.”
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