George Clooney was a young actor when he took a small role in an episode of The golden girls back in 1987, before his career really took off.

Now he is a star on the A-list, two-time Oscar winner and bona fide Hollywood director, but the actor tells 9Honey Celebrity that this was not always the plan.

“No, the plan was just to work,” laughs Clooney.

“I mean, when you’re a young actor, you just want a job. I got a call that they said, ‘Do you want to do that?’ The golden girls? ‘and I was like,’ are you kidding? ‘ I got to work with Bea Arthur and Betty White. It was the time in my life that was so much fun. “

The star is currently promoting his new film The supply line, which had its British premiere at the London Film Festival on Sunday night, and which he directed.

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But next time, Clooney comes back in front of the camera with his friend Julia Roberts in a movie filmed on location in Queensland.

And the father of two counts down and excitedly tells 9Honey Celebrity: “I’m going to Australia, I’m going in like 10 days.”

“I’m shooting with Julia Roberts, she’s an actress, she’s an ingue. You probably have not heard of her,” he jokes.

That Oceans Eleven duo who also starred together in Jodie Foster’s 2016 film Money Monster, will re-team for the romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise.

They play a divorced couple trying to stop their young daughter from making the same mistake they did 25 years ago.

After recording Down Under, Clooney returns behind the camera to instruct The boys in the boat, which he will film in London, where his wife Amal is from.

The Tender Bar will be released on Amazon Prime in December.

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