‘The Notebook’ Nearly Starred George Clooney, Britney Spears, & Paul Newman
The Big Picture The Notebook remains one of the greatest love stories to date, even almost twenty years after its initial release. The film follows two timelines, one of a young Allie and Noah as their relationship blossoms, falls apart, and comes back together. This story is framed by that of older Allie and Noah now living in a nursing home, where Allie suffers from dementia and Noah reads her the story of their relationship.
Who Did George Clooney Almost Play in 'The Notebook'? In an interview with Deadline, George Clooney shared that he almost took on the role of Noah in The Notebook — but he wasn’t going to do it alone. Clooney was friends with veteran actor Paul Newman, whose nearly 60-year career includes credits such as Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. According to Clooney, he and Newman wanted to work together, and so they talked of starting in The Notebook.
But upon going home and watching many of Newman’s films, Clooney got cold feet. “He’s one of the handsomest guys you’ve ever seen. We met up again and I said, ‘I can’t play you. I don’t look anything like you. This is insane. We just wanted to do it because we wanted to work together, but it ended up being not the right thing for us to do.”
While The Notebook may not have been the right project for the pair to do, George Clooney did get to honor the late Paul Newman in 2022. Ethan Hawke’s docuseries The Last Movie Stars tells the lives, careers, and love story of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Hawke approached Clooney to be the voice of Newman in the documentary, which pulled plenty of interview transcripts from Newman’s time in Hollywood.
Despite not booking the roles, neither Spears, Clooney, nor Newman were deterred, and they all went on to have continuously successful careers. Still, though, it is interesting to imagine what a Spears, Clooney, and Newman-led version of The Notebook would look like. Though, the film was of course cast perfectly and we certainly wouldn’t change a thing about it, it’s fun to wonder “What if?” And this is certainly a version of The Notebook we’d like to see, if only out of curiosity.
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