Picture perfect
Anton Corbijn – the acclaimed Dutch portrait photographer, a close friend of U2, and the director of an astonishing debut movie, 2007’s Ian Curtis and Joy Division biopic, Control – had arranged a meeting in Italy with George Clooney. The American actor had expressed interest in a starring role in Corbijn’s second feature film, The American.
“I was very excited,” begins Corbijn. “But on the day we were scheduled to meet, April 6 last year, I heard of the earthquake in the region we were supposed to shoot.”
