UPDATE: The closing two graphs of the DNT wrap on the Clooney/Zellweger story seem kind of sad.
After about 40 minutes, when the stars’ handlers declared the time for questions were over, Clooney overruled them and took a question from a Duluth woman in the center of the crowd behind the press. Joan Koski presented the pair with hand-knit wool mittens and thanked them for bringing the city fame.
Clooney and Zellweger stepped outside to greet fans around 12:15 p.m. and left the Depot around 12:30 p.m., 30 minutes ahead of their scheduled public appearance.
Wanna stick around, George? Renee? Have a beer? Guys? Oh, OK. I see, well, bye then. Enjoy the mittens.
FROM EARLIER: The quick poll voters on this site proved to be prophetic indeed. The first comment from a famous person in today’s Clooney/Zelleweger press conference in Duluth was about: THE COLD.
BREAKING: Zellweger plans to look at harbor later. She’d better not be lying about that!!!! We’re not to be trifled with!
Clooney, Zellweger begin press conference
Duluth News Tribune11 a.m.: George Clooney and Rene Zwelleger are answering questions at their 11 a.m. news conference.
One of the first questions was about the role of the historic Duluth Eskimos and the city of Duluth.
“We thought about shooting here but it was in February,” Clooney said. “What I hear it’s cold in February so we had to find somewhere warmer.”
Clooney said they wanted to call the Leatherheads’ team the Eskimos but the National Football League said the filmmakers couldn’t use the name because there was drinking in the movie. He said he had a couple of bulldogs so that’s where the team came from. Then he found out about the University of Minnesota Duluth mascot.
“Congratulations to the Lady Bulldogs,” Clooney said in a nod to the UMD women’s hockey team, which won the NCAA’s Division I championship in Duluth on Saturday.
Asked about her impression of Duluth, Zellweger said she hadn’t had much time to look around and she planned to check out the harbor later.
Zellweger said she had a lot of fun shooting “Leatherheads.”
“I did go to work early a lot,” she said. “I’d sit on the sidelines and watch these guys throw the pigskin around. Not a bad day at work.”
Clooney and Zellweger said they appreciated the fans who had stood outside the Depot in the cold to seem them.
Clooney joked that he hears comments like “You don’t look so good up close” or “You look older.”
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