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Was George Clooney a legit "movie star" when he did Batman & Robin?

posted a year ago by TMC-4 (20150)
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Or was he still thought of as merely being "that guy on ER" who was still trying to break through into movies? I was reading comments on Reddit that argued that he wasn't really thought of as being a bonafide movie star until he did The Perfect Storm and O Brother Where Out Thou?

And I read that on Batman & Robin, he was only paid about $1 million whereas Uma Thurman was paid $5 million and Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $25 million.

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[–] DoctorThirteen (13995) a year ago

He'd done From Dusk Till Dawn the year before. I'd say he'd just got there.

[–] TandyMan (11097) a year ago

Emerging movie star is maybe how i'd put it. Definitely not an established force at the box office. He definitely should have only been getting paid beans. I don't think the role did him any favors either. Kind of stumbled out of the gate with that one. It was that big push with Three Kings/Perfect Storm/O Brother setting up Oceans 11 that slotted him into the big time. Still not sure he'd be a household name today without Oceans. It was the exact right movie at the exact right time.

[–] mikethemartian (6721) a year ago

I remember when The Peacemaker came out in 1997 some movie reviewer commented that he didn’t have a successful movie career while he was still on ER.