George Clooney, 64, on Wife Amal’s Thoughts on His ‘Midlife Crisis’ Dark Hair for Broadway

George Clooney made his Broadway debut in March playing legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, And Good Luck.

The Hollywood icon had to dye his gray hair a dark brown color for the part, which has been met with mixed reactions.

Now the 64-year-old A-lister has told Seth Meyers on his late night show what his wife Amal Clooney thinks of the look.

The lawyer has said the hair dye job is ‘funny,’ but George admitted, ‘She’ll be glad when it’s gone.’

He joked: ‘The last show is Sunday, we do a matinee, and by the time we go to the Tony’s that night, it’ll be gone.’

And the star then said, ‘I may have a shaved head, I may look like Yul Brynner,’ though Meyers said that might be good luck, since Brynner won Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 1952 for The King And I.

He also said he was wearing a hat to the interview because his hair was a mess.

George Clooney made his Broadway debut in March playing legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, And Good Luck. The Hollywood icon had to dye his gray hair a dark brown color for the part, which has been met with mixed reactions

Now the 64-year-old A-lister has told Seth Meyers on his late night show what his wife Amal Clooney thinks of the look

The lawyer has said the hair dye job is ‘funny,’ but George admitted, ‘She’ll be glad when it’s gone.’ He joked: ‘The last show is Sunday, we do a matinee, and by the time we go to the Tony’s that night, it’ll be gone’

‘I’m wearing a hat to hide my bad hair. It’s bad. It’s still dark on top, but it’s gray on the bottom,’ Clooney said.

Meyers explained that, ‘it looks great on stage, but off stage it looks like you’re trying to get away with something.’ 

Clooney joked, ‘It’s horrible. It looks like you’re going through some sort of midlife crisis. I’m 64, midlife is a little stretch.’

Clooney portrays legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck, which he also wrote with his creative partner Grant Heslov, based on the 2005 film of the same name that he starred in, directed and co-wrote with Heslov.

The play opened to strong reviews and earned five Tony Award nominations, including one for Best Actor for Clooney, who is facing a lawsuit over his Casamigos tequila brand.

The production has also been just as much a commercial hit as it’s been a critical smash, becoming the first Broadway play in history to gross $4 million in one week. 

George also said he had an embarrassing defeat he suffered in the softball league to an upstart team of wizards from a Harry Potter play’s cast.

And the star then said, ‘I may have a shaved head, I may look like Yul Brynner,’ though Meyers said that might be good luck, since Brynner won Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 1952 for The King And I. He also said he was wearing a hat to the interview because his hair was a mess 

When asked about his time on the Broadway softball league, the actor admitted his team is not so great, with their latest loss to none other than Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.

‘I’m batting .500 right now. But you listen, I have to be honest. We have a softball team, the Good Night, and Good Luck softball team. And we are 0-3,’ he said.

‘We have not won. We’ve been rained out the last three weeks,’ Clooney added, as Meyers joked, ‘So, you started 0-3 and then, the weather got on your side.’

‘I’m wearing a hat to hide my bad hair. It’s bad. It’s still dark on top, but it’s gray on the bottom,’ Clooney said

When asked about his time on the Broadway softball league, the actor admitted his team is not so great, with their latest loss to none other than Harry Potter And The Cursed Child. ‘I’m batting .500 right now. But you listen, I have to be honest. We have a softball team, the Good Night, and Good Luck softball team. And we are 0-3,’ he said

‘We have not won. We’ve been rained out the last three weeks,’ Clooney added, as Meyers joked, ‘So, you started 0-3 and then, the weather got on your side’

The Oscar-winning actor and director added, ‘And our last very close loss was to Harry Potter. Yeah, we lost to, you know, children.’ 

He joked, ‘I’d like to think they were using some sort of magic,’ as Meyers joked that he can, ‘protest any loss to the Potter kids.’

Clooney will next be seen on the big screen in Jay Kelly, from writer–director Noah Baumbach, alongside Adam Sandler and Laura Dern, in theaters November 14.