GEORGE Clooney never shies away from a self-deprecating joke about getting old. But it was no joking matter on the set of his latest film when Clooney realised - with a rude shock - that he is no springchicken.
In Leatherheads, GEORGE Clooney- a romantic comedy set in the earlydays of America's pro-football league in the 1920s - Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football captain determined to guide his ragtag team and struggling league from bar brawls to packed stadiums.
The role saw Clooney, who also directed the film, often at the bottom of a pile of bodies on rain-soaked fields.