Let 'Leatherheads' Trailer Take You to Platonic Male Crush Heaven
You think George Clooney's taking any cues from his work with the Coens? The goofy hairstyles, the period setting, the fisticuffs fighting stance and subsequent cross-eyed reaction all seem familiar. Considering the uproarious love triangle story line, Clooney probably just saw Sabrina and thought it would be better with the sensibilities of O Brother, Where Art Thou? And football. Added props for having his gentlemanly referee replicate Stephen Tobolowky's punch reaction from Groundhog Day flawlessly.
I'd say he robbed the fast-talking female reporter character from Hudsucker Proxy, but I doubt Georgie would even bother to watch the Coen movies he doesn't appear in. Besides, we all know that role for Renee Zellweger and the entire movie itself were conceived merely so Clooney here could get himself some steady ex-sex. He's probably immune to that post-coital shame, too. He IS George motherf***ing Clooney, after all.
Leatherheads Trailer [Yahoo!]