Money Monster: George Clooney, Jodie Foster, Julia Roberts Gallery

It was really just one of those great presents from the sky, Foster says.

I was happy to make the movie for 20 cents, however we could get it off the ground.

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The idea of working with Foster wasn’t a hard sell on Clooney.

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“She sent me a really beautiful letter that just said, ‘Lets go have some fun.’

I loved the script, and I wanted to work with Jodie,” Clooney says.

I loved that [the story ofMoney Monster] was in real time, Foster says.

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And it felt really relevant about technology and how that intersects with entertainment and news and our lives.

I was knocked out," Roberts says.

The actress and Clooney have few scenes together which may have been a selling point for Roberts.

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“That was in my contract,” she jokingly says.

The people were very open to all my inquiries and wonderments.

I was just kind of watching things and thinking, ‘Oh, Im going to steal that.’

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So, yeah, growing up as a film actor…

I dont see the downside to it.

Maybe I was like the astronaut who could handle the gravity."

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If youre lucky, you get a 10-year career.

Sometimes you get luckier, and every once in a while you get really lucky.

I wanted to have more control over my career."

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