George drops Brolin from Suburbicon'

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‘I wrote him this awful note’: George Clooney cut Josh Brolin from upcoming movie Suburbicon
AUGUST 15, 20173:10PM

IF YOU’RE looking out for Josh Brolin in the upcoming George Clooney film Suburbicon, you’re going to have a hard time spotting him.

Widespread reports had confirmed Brolin would appear in the ’50s-set drama but, after he filmed the scenes, Clooney — who directed the feature — made the tough decision to cut the actor completely.

And he did it in an “awful note”.

Clooney told Entertainment Weekly Brolin’s scenes were the “funniest in the movie” but they just didn’t work.

“We shot a couple of scenes with Josh [playing] a baseball coach that are really, really funny,” he said. “But after we did our first screening, the one thing that became really clear to me was that [the scenes] let the air out of the balloon, in terms of the tension in the film. 

I had to write him this awful note where I just said, ‘You’re not going to believe it, but these scenes really don’t work any more.’ He felt bad, and he thought maybe something went wrong, and I said, ‘I’m sending you the scenes, so you can see, they’re actually the two funniest scenes in the movie.’”


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George Clooney and Josh Brolin in a scene from 2016’s Hail, Caesar!Source:YouTube
Clooney — who co-starred with Brolin in the Coen brothers’ 2016 film Hail, Caesar! — said it was a difficult decision and recalled a similar situation that happened to him after filming scenes for the 1998 film Thin Red Line.
“I remember sitting there with the editor going, ‘F*ck! I can’t believe this!’ But I’ve sort of been in the same situation. I did a bunch of scenes in Thin Red Line and then got a call from Terry [Malick], saying, ‘We’re cutting out everything except the very last scene.’ I was like, ‘Please cut me completely out of the movie! Don’t leave me in one scene!’ But, [on Suburbicon], it is one of those where we were just, like, ‘There was no option.’ He was so great in the film. I never like talking about those kind of things because it can be really unfair to an actor, except to say he was just absolutely great in the movie.”
He may have been nixed from this project, but Brolin still has some other big movies coming out over the next 12 months including Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2.
Suburbicon — written by Joel and Ethan Coen — stars Matt Damon and Julianne Moore and hits Aussie theatres in November.

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George Clooney Had To Write Josh Brolin An "Awful Note" To Tell Him He'd Been Edited Out Of Suburbicon

The actor and director explains why...

By Naomi Gordon
AUG 15, 2017

If you were excited to watch Josh Brolin's comical turn as a baseball coach in George Clooney's new movie Suburbicon, then we bring you some disappointing news.

Clooney has revealed that Brolin has been edited out of his dark comedy, but not because he wasn't funny - the scenes just did't work.

And to make matters even more awkward, Clooney let him know via an "awful note".

"We shot a couple of scenes with Josh [playing] a baseball coach that are really really funny," Clooney told EW.

"But after we did our first screening, the one thing that became really clear to me was that [the scenes] let the air out of the balloon, in terms of the tension in the film. I had to write him this awful note where I just said, 'You're not going to believe it, but these scenes really don't work any more.'"

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Although the Deadpool 2 actor "felt bad" at being cut out, Clooney assured him that his scenes were the funniest, and sent them to him to watch for himself.

"He felt bad, and he thought maybe something went wrong, and I said, 'I'm sending you the scenes, so you can see, they're actually the two funniest scenes in the movie.' I remember sitting there with the editor going, 'F**k! I can't believe this!'" he explained.

Clooney admitted that he too has experienced being edited out of a film, adding: "But I've sort of been in the same situation.

"I did a bunch of scenes in Thin Red Line and then got a call from Terry [Malick], saying, 'We're cutting out everything except the very last scene.' I was like, 'Please cut me completely out of the movie! Don't leave me in one scene!' But, [on Suburbicon], it is one of those where we were just, like, 'There was no option.'
"He was so great in the film. I never like talking about those kind of things because it can be really unfair to an actor, except to say he was just absolutely great in the movie."

Suburbicon - written by Joel and Ethan Coen - is a satirical take on suburbia in 1950s America, and features Matt Damon as a typical suburban dad taking on mobsters and hit men after his wife is murdered.
Oscar Isaac, Julianne Moore and Glenn Fleshler also star in the comedy.

Katiedot wrote:Hmm, so George cuts out the "funniest scenes in the movie" and then announces the film isn't a comedy . . .

party animal - not! wrote:......well, someone must rate it if it's in competition at Venice and there's potential Oscar buzz.........

“Suburbicon” (October 27)

Stupid Matt Damon returns in “Oceans”/“The Informant!” mode in George Clooney’s ’50s bloody suburban dramedy “Suburbicon.” Clooney wrote the script with the Coen Bros. (his collaborators on “Hail, Caesar!,” “Intolerable Cruelty” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) and his producing partner Grant Heslov. Shades of “Double Indemnity,” Damon and Julianne Moore play a hapless husband and wife who are suspected of having offed her sister for the insurance money and are harassed by a suspicious insurance agent (Oscar Isaac). Launching in Venice and Toronto, Paramount is banking that the movie is more accessibly successful than Clooney’s last effort “Monuments Men” and promises a full awards push.  According to the official synopsis: “This is a tale of very flawed people making very bad choices.” 

Katiedot wrote:I'm really hoping it's going to be a great film.  The trailer really looked good.  Just a little worried because of the seemingly change of direction and I don't think it's a good sign when the promotion of a film says one thing and the director says something else.

LizzyNY wrote:I really hope this isn't George's way to make the point that America was never that great to begin with, because we've had enough of that in the real world this last year. It looks like this movie is much darker and angrier than the original trailer made it seem. I'm not sure I want to see it now. I don't need more stress in my life.

LizzyNY wrote:Sevens - Have you seen the movie? You sound as if you have. I don't know if the story is adapted from actual events in Levittowm, other than the fact that the place was supposed to be the perfect 1950's post-WWII suburb built to fulfill the American dream for returning veterans and their families. The main plot is, as you said, fictional.

Horror movies are hitting big because there are people who like them (mostly bored kids on vacation from school). I am not one of them. I don't need to go see some cheesy horror flick to get scared. The real world is scary enough.