Poor Clooney the loony can dish it out, but can't take it:
BERLIN (Reuters) - George Clooney (news) reacted with a stream of invective when a journalist called the American actor's latest film -- the box office flop "Solaris" -- "boring" after it was screened at the Berlin Film Festival.
Clooney, who had even exposed his bare bottom for the camera in one scene in a bid to boost the film's commercial appeal >b?[Fat lot of good that did for the film], was happily answering questions at a news conference late on Saturday when a reporter rose to say the film was boring.
"I find you fascinating," Clooney said, responding to the Turkish journalist's remarks on the film, which got decidedly mixed reviews in the United States. [Decidedly mixed reviews? It bombed, big time.]
"You crack me up, man. You just wanted to get up and be a rat, you know that? You just wanted to get up and say something rotten. What a jerk! I mean honestly, you know, what a (expletive) thing to say!" said Clooney.
This a bit further down in the story...
It flopped at the U.S. box office with revenues of just $15 million -- the same as the amount Clooney is said to command for his appearances. [Did I say it was a bomb? Make that a moth-eaten bomb.]
Back to the cat fight:
The critical journalist said that much had been written about the film, "but I found it boring."
"You make a lot of films, do you?" Clooney asked rhetorically. "You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk!" What does the author think of the film?