George Clooney, Julia Roberts reunite for their first rom-com together

LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Oscar winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the massive display in “Ticket to Paradise”, their first romantic comedy collectively, portraying a bickering divorced couple.

The duo play David and Georgia, who put their variations apart and be a part of forces to cease their daughter Lily from marrying somebody she has just lately met on a commencement journey to Bali.

Not wanting her to make the identical mistake they imagine they made 25 years earlier, they journey to the island to disrupt the nuptials.

Directed by Ol Parker, the movie is the fifth Roberts and Clooney have starred in collectively.

“It was enjoyable… We loved it as a result of we bought to be snarky with one another. We thought that was humorous,” Clooney instructed reporters on the film’s world premiere in London on Wednesday.

“We additionally thought it was form of a pleasant time to do one thing mild, (we have) form of all been via it slightly bit, all of us collectively as a human race, and so we thought it might be enjoyable.”

Roberts is understood for a string of romantic comedies in Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, from “Fairly Lady” to “Notting Hill”, whereas Clooney’s final romantic comedy was “One High quality Day” in 1996.

“It is nerve wracking at first if you hear their names,” Kaitlyn Dever, who performs Lily, stated on having the 2 Hollywood stars play her dad and mom.

“After which if you meet them, all of that form of nervousness goes away and you then’re capable of see them simply as individuals.”

Set amongst lush surroundings, the movie loads of scenes by which David and Georgia alternate snide feedback earlier than slowly beginning to tolerate one another once more. One scene reveals the 2 drunkenly dancing in a membership a lot to the embarrassment of their daughter.

“Ol was identical to, do what you need, do not damage one another and keep within the room,” Roberts stated. “Nobody can get damage,” added Clooney. “Simply your eyes.”

“Ticket to Paradise”, which additionally stars Billie Lourd, Maxime Bouttier and Lucas Bravo, begins its world cinema roll-out on Sept. 12.

Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Modifying by David Gregorio

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