Fun with George and Brad

That John Krasinski guy doesn't look that tough.
CLOONEY: You know, he's a good kid. I love him, but the fun part is that he talked s---. [To Pitt] I've got this kid John Krasinski in my movie. He's on The Office — really good actor. The first day on the set he's like, ''I play basketball'' and I was like, ''I play a little too.'' And he looks at me and goes, ''I'll kick your ass.'' And I was like, All right, whatever. And he's like, ''Okay, let's make it $1,000 then.'' So for the entire shoot we've been talking about this bet. We haven't played. The whole shoot. And Friday we played.
PITT: Oh, boy.
CLOONEY: And I beat him 11-8! [Laughter] I was wiping my forehead with $100 bills going, ''Whooo, is it hot in here?'' Certain things just bring you joy.
PITT: And one is staving off old age.
CLOONEY: Oh, man, you are right.

You guys are costarring in a Coen brothers movie next, right?
CLOONEY: Yep. I was actually last here [in Cannes] with the Coens for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and it tanked!
PITT: Get out!

What happened?
CLOONEY: You could just feel it in the room. Joel and Ethan and I were all sitting there in the Palais and Joel was like, ''Let's get out of here! We're done.''

So when do you start shooting?
PITT: In August or September.
CLOONEY: Burn After Reading is the name of it. It's just one of their nutty comedies — it makes me howl when I read it.
PITT: It's a real stretch. George and I each play a loser in our own minds. [Laughs]

They do love to make Clooney look like a buffoon.
PITT: They might top it with Pitt.
CLOONEY: They might. This one might end two careers in one shot.
PITT: [Laughs] I said to them, ''I don't know how to play this, I mean, he's such an idiot.'' And there was a pause and then Joel goes...
TOGETHER: You'll be fine! [Laughter]

Okay, last question: For the good of the universe, do you guys swear that you're done with the Ocean's movies?
CLOONEY: I think we're done.
PITT: Don Cheadle had a nice idea. He thought we ought to work backwards and start picking each other off as the numbers got lower. A last-man-standing thing.
CLOONEY: Like Survivor.

Or Ten Little Indians.
PITT: That was Don's pitch!
CLOONEY: We didn't want to say it to him, but that's what Fourteen is. And he's definitely the first to go.