Clooney Trades Limoncello for Lemonade
When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade and hope for the best. When life hands you lemons in Tobaccoville, North Carolina, you make lemonade and hope for George Clooney.
Which is exactly what one group of enterprising kids got.
The Oscar winner got into the small-town spirit Wednesday afternoon, bestowing his A-list presence—and A-list tipping skills—upon a homemade lemonade stand that was set up across the street from where he was filming the old-time football film Leatherheads.
Sensing a shot at fame, or at least a brush with it, siblings Carter, Chandler and Chase Fontaine, ages 10, 6 and 5, respectively, set up shop on their front lawn, hawking the thirst quencher at 25 cents a pop.
At 1:15 p.m., their opportunism was rewarded, as a jeans and T-shirt-attired Clooney sauntered over from his trailer during the day's lunch break, ordered up a cup of their finest and gave the brew his hearty endorsement.
And, despite the kids' star-struck mother offering the refreshment free of charge, Clooney also gave an 8,000 percent tip.
Clooney handed over $20 for the lemonade and, as if that weren't enough, hung around to pose for pictures.
After Clooney retreated to his trailer, and the Fontaines erected a new sign indicating "George Clooney was here!," business got booming, drawing cast and crew members from the film—though not costar Renée Zellweger—all of whom, the family told the Winston-Salem Journal, left $1 and $5 bills for their drinks.
Clooney's fleeting presence also caused local admirers to stand vigil at the stand. They were rewarded after several hours with a wave from the small business supporter.
Leatherheads is a romantic comedy set in the 1920s and centers on the owner of a professional team, Clooney, who drafts a college star, played by John Krasinski, who in turn sees his new coach and fiancée, Zellweger, strike up a relationship of their own.
Clooney cowrote the film along with Steven Soderbergh and also directs. The flick is due out Dec. 7.
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