Memoirs of Hadrian: The Movie

[Marcus F.]

here's some info from a guy, who was formerly hired to write the script:

Toward the end of the summer the producer with the Via Veneto apartment attended the Venice Film Festival and met George Clooney. He immediately decided that Clooney would be perfect to play Hadrian. Never mind that Hadrian was gay and obsessed with the beautiful, underage Antinous, a love affair that practically destroyed him after the boy drowned. Boorman reacted with head-shaking disbelief when he heard the Clooney idea. So did I.

But who was listening to the director, let alone the lowly screenwriter? Producers, distributors, and financiers all hopped on a plane and flew to Lake Como where Clooney had a villa. The one person they did not take, curiously enough, the guy who might actually have been able to persuade the actor, was John Boorman.

Nonetheless, the Get George Gang returned convinced Clooney would do it. Boorman just shook his head some more.

Eventually, the word came back: George Clooney would not be wearing a toga. No surprise there.

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