Half-Assed Internet Research
George Clooney and Michael O'Keefe both played boyfriends of Laurie Metcalf on Roseanne; Michael Clayton was Catherine Waterston's first feature; Brian Koppelman is the poker player who roasts Michael about hair plugs; the horses appear in Realm and Conquer; Tony Gilroy spent a couple of years getting it made and Clooney passed once or twice
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- Both George Clooney and Michael O'Keefe, who plays Barry, played boyfriends of Laurie Metcalf on Roseanne.
- Catherine Waterston (as transcribed) makes her first feature appearance as the lawyer in the Milwaukee hotel room who answers Michael's questions about who is taking the deposition and where his briefcase is.
- The player roasting Michael at the Chinatown poker table is Rounders and Billions writer and friend of the Ringer Brian Koppelman, who subjects himself to a hair-plugs joke ('you bought yourself some new hair' / 'yeah, with your money'); the film has spawned little controversy or behind-the-scenes drama.
- Tony Gilroy tried to make the film for a couple of years and George Clooney passed on it once or twice, but it was ultimately a smooth ship; it did not do well at the box office yet became a touchstone people wish Hollywood still made.
- Teased earlier as half-assed internet research: the horses appear in Realm and Conquer.