Overview
- Clooney said he first met Newman on the Warner Bros. lot in the late 1990s while Newman was filming Message in a Bottle and Clooney was starring on ER.
- Newman initially did not recognize him, then realized Clooney’s prominence as colleagues greeted the younger actor passing by.
- The counsel urged Clooney not to isolate to protect his privacy, which he admitted had been his instinct at the time.
- Clooney has long credited Newman as a major influence and has praised his work in The Verdict as a performance he studied and emulated.
- Clooney recounted the story while promoting Jay Kelly, which is in select theaters and will stream on Netflix on December 5.