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Julia Roberts, George Clooney on their instant chemistry

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Yong Chavez | TFC News Hollywood

<div class="embed-wrap"><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Julia Roberts and George Clooney. Photo credit: Universal " Ticket="" to="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tfc/10/21/george-and-julia-1.jpg"/><figcaption>Julia Roberts and George Clooney <em>Universal &quot;Ticket to Paradise&quot;</em></figcaption></figure></div></div><p>Julia Roberts and George Clooney once again bring to the big screen their undeniable chemistry in the romantic comedy &#x27;Ticket to Paradise.&#x27;</p><p>Close friends in real life, Clooney said his admiration and affection for Roberts were cemented when they did their first movie together in &#x27;Ocean&#x27;s Eleven&#x27; which was released in 2001.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Julia Roberts and George Clooney. Credit: Universal " Ticket="" to="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tfc/10/21/g-and-j-carpet.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Universal &quot;Ticket to Paradise&quot;</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The actor still remembers the first time they met.</p><p>&quot;I thought when she walked through the room, we met at a hotel with the director Steven Soderbergh... and we sat down. And I thought, well, she’s great. And it was surprising because she was such a big star at the time that I thought maybe she would be tougher than she was, and she was nothing but fun,&quot; Clooney said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo credit: Universal " Ticket="" to="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tfc/10/21/20221021_george-and-julia.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Universal &quot;Ticket to Paradise&quot;</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Roberts credits &#x27;Ocean&#x27;s Eleven&#x27; filmmaker Soderbergh for having the idea to bring them together. It started an onscreen partnership that has delighted audiences through the years.</p><p>&quot;I think Steven, having worked with both of us, I think he sort of had a strong sense of who we were as people and as humans and he could have predicted that we would have gotten along,&quot; she said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Maxime Bouttier and Kaitlyn Dever. Photo credit: Universal " Ticket="" to="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tfc/10/21/maxime-and-kaitlyn.jpg"/><figcaption>Maxime Bouttier and Kaitlyn Dever <em>Universal &quot;Ticket to Paradise&quot;</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>&#x27;Ticket to Paradise&#x27; also stars Kaitlyn Dever who plays their daughter who fell in love while on vacation in Bali, Indonesia with a handsome local played by Maxime Bouttier.</p><p>The actor hopes that his entry to Hollywood through a movie with two of the world’s biggest stars will help pave the way for other Indonesian talents to reach international audiences.</p><p>&quot;I hope it just kind of opens up as well the Indonesian entertainment business, the actors and stuff. They&#x27;re very keen to also do this type of movies where you show it globally, internationally. And so I hope this inspires a lot of people,&quot; Bouttier said.</p><p>&quot;Some of my friends who are actors as well, I&#x27;ve been telling them, &#x27;Yeah, I think this is it. I think Indonesia is going to start to kind of open up to the world, you know.&#x27; So yeah, hopefully it just keeps on going, and we&#x27;ll have our own stuff to just bring out to the world as well.&quot;</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Lucas Bravo. Photo credit: Universal " Ticket="" to="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tfc/10/21/lucas-bravo.jpg"/><figcaption>Lucas Bravo <em>Universal &quot;Ticket to Paradise&quot;</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Meanwhile, French actor Lucas Bravo, who gained a sizable international following through the Netflix series &#x27;Emily in Paris,&#x27; said he welcomed a new challenge in &#x27;Ticket to Paradise.&#x27;</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s my first time tackling the intricacies of comedy and it was fun. It doesn&#x27;t get any better than doing with the most iconic actors on the planet. So I learned, it was a masterclass while I was shooting the movie and they made me part of the creative process and the rest is just the fruit of a collaborative work,&quot; the actor shared.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Ticket to Paradise poster. Photo credit: Universal " Ticket="" to="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tfc/10/21/poster-ticket.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Universal &quot;Ticket to Paradise&quot;</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>&#x27;Ticket to Paradise&#x27; premieres in US theaters on October 21.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FSXZ2iaiScY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Hollywood superstars once again bring to the big screen their undeniable chemistry in the romantic comedy 'Ticket to Paradise.'