George Clooney tells Al-Mawed: “My wife and I recently celebrated when Amal won a case and her client was acquitted.”

- There is no truth to the rumors about my divorce.

My wife Amal is not pregnant.

-I love eating Lebanese grape leaves.

- That's why I had to reshoot scenes so much in Hail Caesar.

- The parties my wife and I throw include politicians and judges who are my wife's colleagues.

- When my wife is in London she is busy with her work and friends.

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When I met him recently as usual, he was cheerful and laughing, he welcomed me and I jokingly said to him how come you didn’t gain weight with the rich and delicious Lebanese food? He said yes it is really delicious especially the Stuffed Grape Leaves Then he asked me what I call it in Arabic. I told him in Egypt they call it "grape leaves" and in Lebanon they call it "arish leaves" and he said yes yes I know it “Ayeesh” I love him so much.

I asked him about his married life and he said: Our life is fine and we do not hear the rumors that are going around about us. We live a nice life, unlike what was rumored in some magazines that we will get divorced, this is of course not true, as well as the other rumors that Amal is pregnant, she is not pregnant. Our life revolves between Los Angeles and England, where we own a huge house, which is a building that was built in the middle of the seventeenth century, i.e. around the year 1650 AD.

I told him: Of course you have made many renovations and repairs to it.

He said: Yes, but it bears the traces of time and the beauty of the ancient building.

Then he asked him about his daily life and how he spends it, and he said: When I work on a movie, I am 100% busy acting in this movie, and this takes up all my time, especially if I have to travel to another place or another country to make the movie. As for other than work, I am tied to my wife’s appointments, as she is a powerful and well-known lawyer, and finally we celebrated that she won a big case, as the accused in it is a major political figure, and they ruled him innocent and he was released - and we celebrated that in London.

I asked him about his latest movie, which is: Hail Caesar He said that it was a light-hearted comedy film, even while they were filming the film, the actors and directors were laughing at the scenes in the film, and he had to wear the armored clothing of the Roman era, which was uncomfortable and heavy, and he had to walk and walk in it, and many times the directors would laugh at him because he could not overcome the situation, so he would start laughing too, which forced them to reshoot several times.

I asked him: How did he accept to act in a comedy film while he is known for acting in dramatic, political, and love films? He said that he likes to diversify his work and this film was close to his heart in terms of the subject and the change. Also, the film includes with him a group of well-known actors as well, and it is of a new type, at least for him. Now that he has completed acting in this film... Hail Caesar He is now acting in another movie. Money Monster It is about speculation in the stock market (the stock exchange) and the games that take place in it. He plays the role of a major financier who falls into the hands of speculators in the stock exchange and he tries to save his life and the lives of those who work with him. The filming of the movie will end next May, which is of course the opposite of the movie Hail Caesar In terms of subject matter and production.

The conversation turned to public and private parties, so I asked him:

Do you do a lot of parties with other famous actors and big directors?

He said: The truth is no, our parties now include politicians, judges and government officials who are friends and colleagues of my wife Amal. This is a big change in my life and a change that I love because I deal with international figures whose experiences are different from acting, which is something I learn a lot from on a daily basis and in my daily life. Also, my wife Amal’s life has changed and she loves it because when we are in England she is busy with her friends there and with her work as well, but here in Los Angeles she finds time to work and work without the interference of many phones and other things. She loves it because she is able to complete her work and this is our life.

George Doss