Julia Roberts and George Clooney have appeared in several films together. They are also private friends. In an interview, they have now explained why there was never a date.
From ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ over 20 years ago to ‘Ticket to Paradise’, Julia Roberts and George Clooney have spent a lot of time together. And not just in front of the camera. Nevertheless, the two Hollywood stars never became more. Coincidence or intention? They explain that in an interview for their new film. Speaking to the stars, Access Hollywood host Kit Hoover asked if there ever was anything resembling a no-dates rule between the two. Roberts asks, “That we’re not dating each other? I don’t think we had to say that.”
Clooney explains in more detail why it was clear from the start that nothing would happen between the two. “Julia was always in a relationship or I was in a relationship, and we quickly became friends, right away.” They always had a lot of fun, but he doesn’t think that was ever an issue.
Roberts and Clooney have appeared in several films together, including “Oceans’s Eleven”, “Confessions – Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” or “Money Monster”. In their latest film “Ticket to Paradise” they have been divorced for years and together they try to dissuade their daughter from marrying her new boyfriend in Bali.
At the beginning of her career, Julia Roberts was completely subscribed to romantic love comedies. Whether “The Bride Who Dares”, “Notting Hill”, “Pretty Woman” or “My Best Friend’s Wedding” – in the 90s she delivered one box office hit after the other. However, that stopped in the 2000s. This is mainly due to the fact that she has not been offered anything that would have been good enough for a long time, Roberts recently told the New York Times Magazine. “If I read something that I thought was Notting Hill level or My Best Friend’s Wedding level, I would,” she said.
But when Roberts got his hands on the script for “Ticket to Paradise,” the spark didn’t fly at all. “Disaster,” she thought while reading the script, “because that only works if it’s George Clooney,” she told the New York Times Magazine. After all, her wish came true.