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George Clooney Is ‘Not Doing Romantic Films Anymore’ Because ‘I’m 63 Years Old’ and ‘Not Trying to Compete with 25-Year-Old Leading Men’

George Clooney says he will no longer act in romance movies because of his older age.

Speaking to “60 Minutes” to promote his starring role in the Broadway production of “Good Night, and Good Luck,” Clooney told his fans that he will no longer act in “romantic films anymore.” Clooney’s last romantic-comedy was 2022’s “Ticket to Paradise” with Julia Roberts, which grossed a decent $168 million at the worldwide box office. “60 Minutes” noted that Clooney’s “sexiest man of the year phase” in the early 2000s marked one of the heights of his film career, to which the Oscar winner agreed that “was a big time” for him. Across Clooney’s filmography, he appeared in such romance films as 1996’s “One Fine Day” with Michelle Pfeiffer and 2003’s “Intolerable Cruelty” with Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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