George Clooney recently revealed how he handled protestors during the Broadway run of his politically charged play Good Night, And Good Luck.
While conversing with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, the 64-year-old American actor and filmmaker talked about interruptions during the show from audience members across the political spectrum.
He said, “From both sides, we’ve had them yell ‘Resist!’ and stand up and scream and we’ve had others stand up and yell on the other side. That’s OK.”
Clooney, who played the role of acclaimed journalist Edward R. Murrow in the play Good Night, And Good Luck and the 2005 movie of the same name, which he directed, shared he sometimes spoke back to the people yelling, but only while staying in character.
The Ocean’s Eleven star went on to reveal what he would say to protestors: “As a reporter, I’ve covered protests. I believe our nation was founded on protest and in the great traditions of the First Amendment and the Constitution, I hope you feel satisfied with your protest — and now, you’ll sit down and let everybody else..”
When Cooper inquired if his strategy worked, he responded, “I think it does, kind of. I think people wanted to make their point.”
“It’s hard to really argue against speaking truth to power, because it cuts both ways. Both of the powers don’t really want to be challenged all that often,” George Clooney noted.
