Wolfs director reveals he never told Brad Pitt and George Clooney who they were playing, he let them figure it out for themselves

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Exclusive: Jon Watts speaks to Total Film about handcrafting Wolfs for his two leads

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Brad Pitt and George Clooney are two lone wolf professional fixers whose worlds collide when they're suddenly tasked with disposing of the same body. As one-sentence pitches go, there's plenty in Wolfs to catch your attention. Thankfully for director Jon Watts, there was a similar response when pitching the movie to his two big-name leads.

"'What if Michael Clayton got stuck with another Michael Clayton?'' And [George] was like, 'I get it. Let’s do it,'" Watts tells Total Film in our new issue out on Thursday, August 15, which features Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on the cover. 

Having envisaged the duo in the leading roles since the beginning, he wrote the script after his successful pitch, tailoring the characters to the stars. "I will say when I gave them the script, I didn’t specify who would play who. I let them figure that out on their own!" Watts said.

Wolfs is getting a limited cinema release on 20 September and streaming on Apple TV+ on 27 September. And you can read more about it and a whole lot else besides in the new issue of Total Film when it hits shelves and digital newsstands on Thursday, August 15.

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Lauren Miles
Lauren Miles
News Editor, Total Film

I'm the News Editor of Total Film magazine, overseeing the Teasers section of every issue where you can read exclusive previews of the biggest films. I was previously Staff Writer, then Contributing Editor at Film Stories, where I covered everything from blockbuster movies to independent British films - although admittedly big sci-fi and fantasy movies are my favourites! I'm always waiting for a new film by my favourite directors Guillermo del Toro and Tim Burton, and am enthusiastic about all things dark and gothic.