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‘Yes, George Clooney gets nervous,’ actor says ahead of his Broadway debut

Actor admits to nerves ahead of Good Night, and Good Luck opening, but says, ‘The fun part is we get to do a play about telling the truth’

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George Clooney at the cast announcement for Good Night, and Good Luck at the Winter Garden Theatre, in which he will make his Broadway debut in March 2025. Photo: Nancy Kaszerman/Zuma Press Wire/dpa
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Acclaimed film and television actor George Clooney previewed his upcoming Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck and admitted that he feels nervous to step on the stage.

Clooney, a two-time Oscar winner, said he has not done a live theatre show since 1986.

“I haven’t done a play in 40 years ... so it’s terrifying,” the actor said in New York. “Yes, George Clooney gets nervous.”

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Clooney is the co-writer and star of Good Night, and Good Luck, a play adapted from his 2005 film of the same name about broadcast news legend Edward R. Murrow and his work during the witch hunts of US Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.
People try to get a photograph as George Clooney poses with cast members of Good Night, and Good Luck outside the Winter Garden Theatre in New York on February 6, 2025. Photo: Reuters
People try to get a photograph as George Clooney poses with cast members of Good Night, and Good Luck outside the Winter Garden Theatre in New York on February 6, 2025. Photo: Reuters

“The fun part about this is we get to do a play about a subject matter that’s very close to our hearts ... which is telling the truth,” Clooney said.

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