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George Clooney Denies $35M ‘Wolfs’ Salaries for Him, Brad Pitt: “It’s Bad If That’s What People Think”

Clooney said he and Pitt gave a portion of their salaries back after a theatrical deal fell through for Jon Watts' film, which gets its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival Sunday.

George Clooney has set right a claim that he and Wolfs co-star Brad Pitt were paid around $35 million each for the film, as reported in a New York Times article. The duo brought their banter and riffing to the Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of Jon Watt’s action comedy, in which they play competing criminal fixers accidentally assigned to the same job. At one point, Clooney explained that the pair gave portions of their salaries back after a theatrical deal fell through for the film, meaning it gets a limited release in “a couple of hundred theaters,” and brought up a New York Times article published last week by Nicole Sterling that said he and Pitt were paid more than $35 million each.

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