‘Up in the Air’ – The Oscar Race is On

Up in the Air stars George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick grace the cover of Entertainment Weekly.

The film, which is directed by Jason Reitman (Juno) had recently garnered six Golden Globe nominations.

On the film:

“Jason came to my house and brought the script and I read it,” Clooney says. “There were some things that sounded like they were taken from a Barbara Walters special that I had done. I’m not completely unaware of people’s perceptions of me. I sort of felt like, if you were ever going to deal with it, this is probably the best way to do it and the best person to do it with. If you can’t point at what people think are your shortcomings, then you’re boxing yourself in.”

On what needs to be done to campaign for the movie:

“Kiss a lot of babies,” Clooney says. “I’m enjoying watching people talk about Vera and discovering Anna. I’ve been in good movies that were not successful. Out of Sight bombed, Three Kings really didn’t do well. O Brother, Where Art Thou? did okay, not great. The problem is that if they don’t [perform at the box office], then it really is going to be just Transformers. I’m not making any judgment on Transformers, I’m just saying [Hollywood will only make] those tentpoles.”’

On not using body doubles:

“I bite my cuticles so I’m always ashamed,” he admits. “But when you see somebody else’s hand come in and it’s got, like, different fingers or hairy knuckles, it doesn’t look right.”

Pick up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly on newsstands now.

Posted: December 30th, 2009 under Magazine Covers, Movies.
Tags: Anna Kendrick, George Clooney, Vera Farmiga

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