How George Clooney Got Upstaged By A Goat - page 2

07 November 2009

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He said: "Once George decided to do it, it wasn't incredibly hard to get it made. Without George, it would have been hard."

It is clearly a movie everyone involved enjoyed making, and cast and crew had a blast on set as well as giving their own interpretation into the script.

"We had rubber band fights, we'd wound each other up," Clooney recalled, "I have done films where it's vitally important to be 100 per cent accurate but with this movie we thought we could have a bit more fun and not be so serious about the characters involved."

But while the film showcases a dark sense of humour and boasts an all-star cast, it could still find it hard to attract audiences because its set in Iraq and the war debate is something that still rages.

However, both Clooney and Heslov aren't too concerned as they insist it's not politically motivated anti-war movie and Iraq just happens to be the setting.

Clooney said: "It's hard to make films that directly deal with that subject matter, seeing as we're still in the middle of it.

"We didn't think of this as an Iraq war film - it's a very different story completely. But I think this one just happens to be set there. I never felt it was dealing with the idea of war."

Heslov added: "It really doesn't deal with the war. It's really a movie about a guy on a journey to find himself."

And the cast shouldn't have anything to worry about, as despite the controversial subject matter, when you have such a talented goat as the star, you can't go far wrong.

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