George Clooney ‘Still Likes’ Acting, but Directing Is ‘More Fun’: ‘I Get to Boss Them Around’
Naman Ramachandran George Clooney discussed his pivot from in front of the camera to behind it during the promotional rounds for his latest directorial venture “The Boys in the Boat.” The film is centered on the University of Washington’s rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Hitler’s Nazi Germany. It stars Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton and Peter Guinness, among others. “It’s more fun, you have a lot more control.