GEORGE CLOONEY UPSET BY MOVIE BOMB

George Clooney

Hollywood star George Clooney was very hurt by the failure of his most recent movie "Leatherheads," but is determined to learn from the experience. Only a month after its release, the football movie has grossed $36 million, $22 million short of its $58 million budget.It only reached third place in the U.S. box office and has disappointed critics, leaving director and star Clooney devastated. He tells Rolling Stone, "It bombed and when I say bombed, it bombed. Someone said, 'How does that feel?' and it stings a little bit. It's not like we just showed up: I was working on this for a couple years and put a lot of work into it, and you get knocked back a little bit."But he refuses to be beaten, insisting, "The trick is how you handle things when things don't go great. It's easy when things are doing well: The people I most admire are the people who handle it when the studio says that's really underperformed and they say, 'Ow, that hurt.' I've been a fan of watching people go through cycles, not just winning cycles."