George Clooneyis talking about some of the Hollywood stars that turned down starring inOceans Eleven.
During the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival, Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh celebrated the 2001 film.
Clooney revealed thatMark WahlbergandJohnny Deppwere in talks to play Linus, the role that ultimately went to Matt Damon.
Johnny Depp, George Clooney and Mark WahlbergNoam Galai / Charley Gallay / Getty Images / Axelle / Bauer-Griffin / FilmMagic
So, people really wanted to work with Steven.
Some very famous people told us to f**k right off.
Mark Wahlberg, Johnny Depp.
They regret it now.
I regret doing f***ingBatman.
Clooney added, Its also important to understand where we were at the time.
The studios were making very big, broad, not very good films at that time.
It was going to get back to the things that they were doing from like 1964 to 1975.
Watch the full panel in the video below.
