Laura Dern speaks on George Clooney’s absence at Venice Film Festival

Laura Dern speaks on George Clooney’s absence at Venice Film Festival

And I just want to say in addition to working with Noah, the gift of the community of actors that he always gathers, the gift of these extraordinary actors I got to be with and our remarkable George Clooney who’s so devastated he can’t be here and gave us such a gift in this amazing raw true performance. Um it’s he always creates a family and the family always continues. A circus troop.

The “Jay Kelly” cast sat for a press conference during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025 in Venice, Italy. Laura Dern mentioned how her costar George Clooney was “devastated” he could not be there. George had to abruptly backed out of his appearances at the Venice Film Festival due to an illness, a representative confirmed to Page Six.

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