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American actor George Clooney is one of the popular stars in Hollywood who is well known for giving blockbuster films like Ocean’s Eleven, From Dusk till Dawn, The Monuments Men, and many more. But did you know he once got into a physical altercation with filmmaker David O. Russell? Scroll down to know more.
It all started on the sets of the 1999 film Three Kings. At that time Clooney was also working on ET simultaneously. On the other hand, filmmaker Russell was experiencing budget pressure from the studio. The two didn’t have a warm relationship.
Both George Clooney and David O Russel came at blows with each other. Explaining on the situation, one of the producers of Three Kings, Charles Roven said to The Hollywood Reporter, “I call it the domino effect. The first domino was: We needed an actor of stature who was willing to cut his price. George fit the bill. There were a number of places along the way where he had every opportunity to bail on the movie [because] he was advised to for his own personal safety and said no. But he needed to work seven days a week, between making our movie in Arizona and ER. Nobody should work seven days a week for months. At the same time, the studio beat the shit out of David to get him to bring the budget down in the $40 million range. They tried to get him to take 10 days out of the shooting schedule.”
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