The story of the haunted house across the lake led a few members of the cast to go check it out. Clooney went on to say: “So, at like 3 a.m. In the morning we get a ladder and put it on this pontoon boat and Matt Damon and Don Cheadle and Brad Pitt and I took the boat across the water. We took the ladder up and climbed in the house. George Clooney convinced Don Cheadle and Brad Pitt to spend the night in a haunted house when they were filming Ocean's Twelve. Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's trilogy assembled one of the most star. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon. Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.
When Brad Pitt & Don Cheadle Stayed At A Horror House To Win A $10,000 Bet, George Clooney Shares Details (Pic credit – Getty Images ) George Clooney is known for playing the best pranks on the. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Michael Mantell. Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff.
During a recent interview with GQ, George Clooney reminisced about his time shooting Ocean’s Twelve and the time he spent with the cast of the film. He talked about some of the pranks and hijinks that they would pull on each other. He went on to share a story of how he left Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle in a haunted house and scared the shit out of them.
“We would do hysterical, idiotic things, like there was a house--we were all staying at my house in Lake Como -- and there was a house across the lake, empty. And we made up a story about how haunted it was. And my buddy Giovanni, who was Italian, he’s pretending to read this story where this guy would kill people and, you know, throw them into the lake. He talked everyone into how dangerous this house was.”
Part of Ocean’s Twelve was actually filmed at Clooney's villa property in Lake Como. While he and members of the cast were staying together there, they started telling ghost stories, because even big actors love to tell ghost stories. The story of the haunted house across the lake led a few members of the cast to go check it out. Clooney went on to say:
“So, at like 3 a.m. in the morning we get a ladder and put it on this pontoon boat and Matt [Damon] and Don [Cheadle] and Brad [Pitt] and I took the boat across the water. We took the ladder up and climbed in the house. The first thing we saw was like a statue of a snake eating a woman’s head, you’re like ‘aaaah.’ So, we came down to the conclusion that we’d give $10,000 to any guy who could spend the night in the house with a candle, you got six matches and a bottle of wine.”
This already sounds like it needs to be a horror-comedy starring Clooney, Damon, Cheadle and Pitt. Here’s what Clooney said happened next:
“We left Cheadle and Pitt there and Matt and I came back. We’re sitting in the boat in the middle of the lake. We have to see the candle go by every window. It goes by 2 or 3 windows and then we get a call. They’re like, ‘Fuck that, get us out of this house!’ We came back and pulled them out. So there was a lot of idiocy along the way.”
For $10,000 I would have done it! Spending the night in a haunted house… easy. I’ve done it before, and I’d do it again!
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George the prankster! Love how they all bottled out!https://www.insider.com/george-clooney-brad-pitt-don-cheadle-haunted-house-lake-como-2020-11
George Clooney bet Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle $10,000 to spend the night in a haunted house on Lake Como, but they couldn't do it
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Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Don Cheadle starred in the 'Ocean's' movie series together. Kurt Krieger/Corbis via Getty Images/GQ YouTube/Amy Sussman/Getty Images
- George Clooney told GQ that he once bet Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle $10,000 to stay in a haunted house in Lake Como while they were shooting 'Ocean's 12.'
- Clooney and his costars were staying in his house in Lake Como, when Clooney and his friend made up that the empty house across the lake was haunted.
- Clooney said: 'We give $10,000 to any guy who could spend a night in the haunted house with just a candle and a bottle of wine.'
- Pitt and Cheadle took the bet, but they couldn't do it: 'We get a call and they're like 'f--- that, get us out of this house!'
George Clooney once bet his 'Ocean's 12' costars Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle $10,000 to stay in a haunted house in Lake Como overnight, but they couldn't do it.
Clooney recalled the story during a video with GQ in which he revisited his most iconic movie roles, including the 'Ocean's' movies, the second of which they shot parts of in Lake Como, Italy.
'We were all staying at my house in Lake Como, and there was a house across the lake. It was empty. There was an Italian book about it and we'd made up a story about how haunted it was,' Clooney said.
George Clooney's Lake Como villa. Max Rossi/ReutersClooney, who played the titular Danny Ocean in the movie series, told GQ that his Italian friend Giovanni pretended to read a story about a man who used to kill people in the now-abandoned house and then throw them into the lake. Clooney and Giovanni managed to talk everybody into 'how dangerous this house was.'
The Oscar-nominated actor then went on a late-night trip with three of his costars: Pitt, Cheadle, and Matt Damon, all of whom reprised their roles from 'Ocean's 11.'
'At 3 in the morning, we get a ladder and we put it on this pontoon boat and Matt and Don and Brad and I took the boat across the water, took the ladder up and climbed in the house. The first thing we saw was this statue of a snake eating a woman's head.'
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Clooney continued: 'We came down to the conclusion: we give $10,000 to any guy who could spend a night in the haunted house with just a candle and a bottle of wine. You got a candle, you got six matches, and you got a bottle of wine.'
Brad Pitt and George Clooney in 'Ocean's 12.' Warner Bros.
It was Pitt and Cheadle who ended up taking the bet and staying in the supposedly haunted house, while Clooney and Damon went back to the boat and drove out to the middle of the lake to see how long their costars could last.'We're sitting in the boat in the middle of the lake. And we have to see the candle go by every window. It goes by like two or three windows and then we get a call and they're like 'f--- that, get us out of this house!' And we came back and pulled them out.'
Clooney, Pitt, Cheadle, and Damon all starred in all three 'Ocean's' movies together, while they have all continued to work together in some capacity ever since. Clooney summarized his fun time making the 'Ocean's' movie: 'There was a lot of idiocy that went on along the way.'