Luke and Owen Wilson were supposed to play the Malloy brothers In a 2001 interview with the Los Angeles Times, the actor joked, “Everybody will say, you know, ‘Oh, that’s one of my favorite films,’ and I’ll always say, ‘Have you ever seen it?'” When asked about stepping into Frank Sinatra’s shoes to play smooth-talking con man Danny Ocean, Clooney has said that he thinks the 1960 film is only beloved because of its legendary cast. Here, five fun facts about the trilogy you may not have known. The casino heist adventure was such a hit that director Steven Soderbergh followed it with two sequels, building an entire universe of slick crooks and evil billionaires in the Mojave Desert.
The 2001 Ocean’s Eleven remake captures the Rat Pack spirit of the 1960 original, but with modern stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt gallivanting up and down the Las Vegas Strip.
