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Jun 2019
11m 46s

George Clooney on Amal, Trump and Catch-...

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About this episode
Bethany Minelle chats to George Clooney and Christopher Abbott about new World War Two miniseries Catch-22.

Listeners of this week’s regular Backstage recording will have already heard the unexpected way the interview kicked-off…

In this full interview, George explains how meeting Amal completely changed his life, why he’s not a fan of Donald Trump and how the famous phrase could have been completely different.

Girls star Christopher opens up about getting naked on set, getting used to seeing his face on billboards and taking on the comedy drama’s lead role.

Catch-22 starts on Thursday the 20th of June at 9 on Channel 4.
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