Overview
- Clooney said in a Daily Mail interview that he will no longer be “kissing girls” on-screen after a conversation about aging with his wife, Amal Clooney.
- He framed the choice as following Paul Newman’s example, quoting, “I’m not kissing a girl anymore.”
- Explaining the timing, he referenced turning 60 and noted that in 25 years he will be 85, saying the decision reflects where he is in life.
- In March, he told 60 Minutes he was stepping away from romantic films to leave space for younger leading men.
- Coverage situates the shift against his long romantic-lead résumé, from One Fine Day and Intolerable Cruelty to Ticket to Paradise, and recalls a 2022 New York Times anecdote about a director critiquing his kissing scenes.