George Clooney Made Actors ‘Suffer’ For New Movie ‘The Boys in The Boat’ At a screening of his new movie 'The Boys in The Boat', Director George Clooney joked that he made the actors work hard and 'suffer' during the filming. He said it was an uplifting film of a sort the world 'needs at the moment', and that it was the kind of sports movie he grew up watching. Report by Jodie McCallum. | ODE