Clooney, Zeta-Jones spark frenzy in Venice
( 2003-09-05 09:57) (Agencies)
HOLLYWOOD celebrities George
Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones whipped up a frenzy in Venice on Wednesday as
the Coen brothers’ new screwball romantic comedy Intolerable Cruelty premiered
at the film festival.
Girls screamed and paparazzi jostled for position as the stars pulled up in
an elegant wooden boat to promote the new film about a Beverly Hills battle of
the sexes. Zeta-Jones dazzled in a fluttery, ultra-feminine black dress, but
Clooney was the main attraction.
Joel and Ethan Coen rushed their latest picture to the 60th Venice Film
Festival, where it is being screened as a “work in progress,” since a couple of
extra shots will be added to the film before its commercial release.
Clooney portrays Miles Massey, a highly successful Los Angeles divorce
attorney who finally meets his match in professional husband hunter Marylin,
played by Zeta-Jones. And yet, as the two battle it out in the divorce courts
they find they cannot help being attracted to each other.
“I didn’t want Marylin to be that deliciously bitchy because I wanted people
to like her,” said Zeta-Jones, who won an Oscar for her recent performance in
the gangster musical Chicago.
“She’s the eye of the storm or a tornado, unaware of what chaos she can
create,” said the Welsh actress, who in real life is married to actor Michael
Douglas.
Intolerable Cruelty is showing out of competition at the world’s oldest film
festival. Twenty pictures are facing off for the Golden Lion, which will be
awarded Saturday.
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