TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: George Clooney continues to lay on the charm at The Descendants press conference
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: George Clooney continues to lay on the charm at The Descendants press conference
By Lia Grainger | September 11, 2011
By Lia Grainger | 09/11/2011
Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
George Clooney , such a charmer. When dealing with the press, the actor, it seems, has one persona and one persona only: jovial trickster loved by all. Hollywood’s silver fox was all jokes once again at the press conference for The Descendants yesterday afternoon. He guided his much younger cast mates—two teens and one 20-year-old (they play his children in the film)—through the heavily choreographed proceedings, instructing them to carefully look into each camera in unison and then prompting them to lean into the mike and join the conversation. Amara Miller, who had never even been in a school play before being cast for the film, was delightfully unpolished, while her fellow fresh-faced colleagues Shailene Woodley and Nick Krause were the opposite, delivering the requisite gushing praise on director and co-writer Alexander Payne . Clooney was Clooney, and delivered this little gem by way of explaining how the world’s most famous bachelor is qualified to play a father: “You don’t have to shoot heroin to play a heroin addict.” Zing!
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Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
89422 (Image: Lia Grainger) Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney and Shailene Woodley TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_11-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_11.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_11/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_11 0 0
Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney and Shailene Woodley
89421 (Image: Lia Grainger) George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_10-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_10.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_10.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_10/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_10 0 0
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
89419 (Image: Lia Grainger) Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_9.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_9/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_9 0 0
Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
89418 (Image: Lia Grainger) Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_8-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_8.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_8/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_8 0 0
Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
89417 (Image: Lia Grainger) Nick Krause, George Clooney and Shailene Woodley TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_7-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_7.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_7/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_7 0 0
Nick Krause, George Clooney and Shailene Woodley
89416 (Image: Lia Grainger) Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_6.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_6/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_6 0 0
Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
89415 (Image: Lia Grainger) The cast and director shows us their back sides TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_5.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_5/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_5 0 0
The cast and director shows us their back sides
89414 (Image: Lia Grainger) Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_4.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_4/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_4 0 0
Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
89413 (Image: Lia Grainger) Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_3.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_3/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_3 0 0
Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
89412 (Image: Lia Grainger) Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_2.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_2/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_2 0 0
Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne
89411 (Image: Lia Grainger) Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne TIFF <i>The Descendants</i> press conference https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFdecendantspc_1.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-descendants-press-conference/slide/sept11tiffdecendantspc_1/ sept11tiffdecendantspc_1 0 0
Amara Miller, Nick Krause, George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and director and co-writer Alexander Payne