George Clooney isn’t apologizing for his new look.
The E.R. star, 63, was spotted going into the Broadway theater where he is performing in Good Night, and Good Luck.
The play is based on his 2005 film of the same name which he previously wrote, directed and starred in.
The Ticket to Paradise actor made an attempt to look more like the George Clooney of 20 years ago by dyeing his salt and pepper hair brown for the role.
Clooney greeted ᴀssembled fans as he headed into the Winter Garden Theater where the play is in previews ahead of its April 3 premiere.
He joked with fans that he’s feeling old as he signed their playbills.
George Clooney isn’t apologizing for his new look. The E.R. star, 63, was spotted going into the Broadway theater where he is performing in Good Night, and Good Luck
The Ocean’s 11 star was nearly unrecognizable with his new brown hair and his wife Amal Clooney, 47, and kids, twins Alexander and Ella, seven, hate his new look.
Last month George anticipated that his family wouldn’t be so keen on the change in his appearance.
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‘My wife is going to hate it because nothing makes you look older than when an older guy dyes his hair,’ George said during an interview with The New York Times in February.
‘My kids are going to just laugh at me nonstop.’
The Academy Award-winner and the British-Lebanese lawyer have been married since 2014.
It’s not just his hair that he’s changed up – he’s also wearing more youthful clothes and shoes.
He also swapped his brogues for adidas sneakers and his blazers for leather jackets.
In the show he will portray CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and has had to cover up his usual handsome salt-and-pepper hair with a dark brown dye.
The play is based on his 2005 film of the same name which he previously wrote, directed and starred in
He has dyed it for his upcoming Broadway debut in Good Night, And Good Luck (seen) – an adaptation of the 2005 film of the same name that he previously wrote, directed and acted in
George appeared to have recently dyed his hair, as he appeared to still have his iconic silver hair when he was spotted late last month in New York City, though he wore a hat on that outing.
In his 2005 film, David Strathairn played the lead role, while Clooney took a supporting role as CBS President Fred Friendly, in addition to working behind the camera.
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The movie, which was sH๏τ in black-and-white, focused on Murrow’s reports on Senator Joseph McCarthy’s unfounded claims of communist infiltration in the US government.
This leads to a fiery confrontation between the two men on Murrow’s CBS broadcast ahead of the senator’s humiliation at the Army–McCarthy hearings and subsequent censure from the Senate.
The all-star cast also included Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella and Twin Peaks star Ray Wise.
Clooney’s film was a hit at the box office, grossing $54.6 million against a $7 million budget, and it earned six Oscar nominations, though it went home empty-handed.
‘My wife is going to hate it because nothing makes you look older than when an older guy dyes his hair,’ George said during an interview with The New York Times in February
Clooney shared his fears over his wife Amal and their kids hating his new hair last month – as he raised eyebrows with the new look while in NYC this weekend. Seen here in 2024
In addition to taking over the lead role in Good Night, And Good Luck as his Broadway debut, Clooney has a high-profile film in the works.
He’s set to star in the ensemble feature dramedy Jay Kelly, marking his first appearance in a film directed by Barbie co-writer Noah Baumbach.
Clooney will be part of a mᴀssive case of A-listers, including Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Jim Broadbent, Baumbach’s wife Greta Gerwig and Emily Mortimer, who co-wrote the screenplay with Baumbach.
Few details have been revealed about the film, which will be released by Netflix, though it is reportedly a coming-of-age film.