First look at Star Wars star Joel Edgerton's new movie
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Fans have been given a sneak peek of George Clooney's The Boys in the Boat featuring Star Wars' Joel Edgerton.
Adapted from Daniel James Brown's book of the same name, the film tells the story of the 1963 University of Washington rowing team and their journey to compete at the Summer Olympics in Berlin.
The team took gold at the event, the Olympic ceremony attended by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, beating the likes of Germany and Italy.
Edgerton stars in the film alongside The Capture's Callum Turner, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines' Jack Mulhern, Little Women's Hadley Robinson, and I Still See You's Thomas Elms.
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New photos from the film show Edgerton in character wearing a tan fedora hat and suit surrounded by men in similar attire. Other pictures show the rowing team in action and Ocean's Eleven actor Clooney behind the camera.
In a behind-the-scenes video, Clooney explained what audiences can expect from The Boys in the Boat, which comes to cinemas in the US on December 25, 2023, and the UK on January 12, 2024.
"Rowing, particularly in the 1920s, was the No. 1 attended sport in the United States. The Boys in the Boat is about strong, tough kids, but they were poor and hungry. They're rowing because it was the only way they could stay in college," he said. "The stakes were much higher for them, and it gave them an edge."
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He continued: "These guys at the University of Washington take on the seniors, and then taking on the fraternity kids, and then taking on the Nazis. Every film we've ever seen that has an underdog in it, you're always rooting for them, that you can pull yourself up from nothing and succeed."
Speaking to People, book author Brown said discussing Clooney's upbringing in Kentucky helped the director understand the film's central character Joe Rantz.
"At its heart, this is a story not just about a rowing team but about a generation of Americans who learned to put aside differences and come together in very tough times to accomplish great things," he added.
The Boys in the Boat is released in US cinemas on December 25, 2023, and in the UK on January 12, 2024.
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