Here’s your first look at George Clooney in Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” which began shooting in Hawaii this week.
The film is an adaptation of Kaui Hart Hemming’s novel of the same name and centers on a man who finds his life at a crossroads after the death of his wife, and decides to take a trip with his daughters to find the man she was having an affair with.
“The Secret Life of the American Teenager” star Shailene Woodley was previously confirmed to play Clooney’s eldest daughter, Alex, while IMDB are now reporting that Nick Krause (Richard Linklater’s 12 year ‘Boyhood’ project) will play Sid, a male friend of Alex’s, and Mary Birdsong will play a character named Kai. No word yet on who will play Clooney’s other daughter, Scottie, a comedic highlight of the script — which we previously reviewed and thought will “play to Payne’s strengths” — or Clooney’s wife, who appears in flashbacks.
“The Descendants” should hit theaters later this fall in what could very well be another tilt for both Payne and Clooney at the award season.
