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I think it's that they both have super-magnetic-charm power along with an everyman quality.
Re: Clooney. I think it was seeing him in "Good Night and Good Luck" playing a secondary screen character that points this up. He could have taken the Murrough part for himself and done a very good job, but putting Straitharn in there was such perfect casting, I'm glad he didn't. He had that everyman quality that they needed for Fred and he played to it beatifully.
I love that movie SO much.
The weird thing in watching that movie (as well as Apollo 13 ) was just how much everyone smoked back then....
I couldn't believe they had the kids smoking in Newsies! They'd never get away with that today. Accurate for the period or no.
My grandpa started smoking when he was 9 years old. He was born in 1911. A little bit after Newsies, but still.
I'm sure the kids then did smoke. I'm just shocked they had the young actors in 1990-whatever smoking! Or maybe it was just Max Casella, and he was a grownup anyway.
No, I just watched newsies, and I am pretty sure they were all smoking! I was shocked too!
Also, it was so "pro-strike" which I found funny in light of the writer's strike.
Also, the same director is now directing the High School Musical franchise.
They were probably herbal cigs, not real ones.
I'm just shocked they had the young actors in 1990-whatever smoking! Or maybe it was just Max Casella, and he was a grownup anyway.
I'd have to go watch it again to figure out which actors are smoking. I'm willing to bet they just have the actors who were of age smoking. There are on-set monitors for child welfare for actors who are underage, etc.
I couldn't believe they had the kids smoking in Newsies! They'd never get away with that today. Accurate for the period or no.
Want a shock? Check out the original BAD NEWS BEARS if you haven't seen it in a while. Dear lord could they not do that now (and I heard for the remake they didn't really). I suspect PAPER MOON would also draw some serious ire.