For nearly a decade, the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have been able to convince George Clooney to fill the role of the “idiot” in their movies. There was the philandering Harry Pfarrer in Burn After Reading, Miles the love sick divorce lawyer in Intolerable Cruelty, and Everett the escaped con in O Brother, Where Art Thou? But don’t be expecting any more of that from Clooney, he’s over it.

“Right after he wrapped on Burn After Reading, and he [Clooney] was on his way home, he said to us, ‘That’s it boys, I’ve played my last idiot!’” Ethan said.
“Some people have the chops to play great idiots,” Joel added. “George is one of those people.”

They do have a point. George was the highlight in all three of those movies, playing the slightly off center fool for the Coen brothers play with. It’s too bad he won’t be returning to that type of role, at least not with the Coen brothers.

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