Joel Edgerton has claimed that Hollywood superstar George Clooney gave him Covid.
The Australian actor was featured on The Sunday Project this weekend when he said he and the entire cast of his latest film The Boys in the Boat, which Clooney directed, contracted the disease at a party he described as a “petrie dish ‘.
‘The legendary cast dinner. I thought post-COVID was a thing of the past,” the 49-year-old began.
“It was George, so we kept him in this private room, in a very small sort of cellar door. An incubator,” he said.
“Within three weeks, every member of that dinner had COVID, except one, I think, who had had it before.”
Joel Edgerton has claimed that Hollywood superstar George Clooney gave him Covid. Recently had a photo taken together
Joel said George accused him of being the one who first had Covid, but he insists it was actually Clooney who spread the bug.
‘George has decided this past year that I am patient zero. But I told everyone that George Clooney gave me Covid,” Joel joked.
He added that he “sounded cool” having contracted the disease from the celebrated actor.
Joel stars in the new Clooney-directed drama The Boys in the Boat, which tells the true story of nine student athletes.
The Australian actor was featured on The Sunday Project this weekend when he said he and the entire cast of his latest film The Boys in the Boat, which Clooney directed, contracted the disease at a party which he described as a “petrie dish ‘.
Joel stars in the new Clooney-directed drama The Boys in the Boat (pictured), which tells the true story of nine student athletes
The film follows the University of Washington team that represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics Berlin.
It is based on the 2013 book of the same name by Daniel James Brown and also stars Callum Turner.
The film will be released by Amazon MGM Studios in the United States on December 25.
The film will next hit Australian cinemas on January 4, 2024.
‘George has decided over the past year that I am patient zero. But I told everyone that George Clooney gave me Covid,” Joel joked
