George Clooney And Amal Alamuddin In Special Meeting With German Leader Angela Merkel; Actor Says US Is Not Doing Enough In Syria Migrant Crisis
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin showed their activist and humanitarian side as they talked about the refugee crisis in Syria with Germany's leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel in a brief meeting.
According to USA Today, the Clooneys were in Germany as they promote his latest film, Hail, Caesar! and were invited for the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday. In their visit, they took advantage of their time to talk to the German leader who has adopted the most number of refugees in all countries in Europe.
After the closed door meeting, the A-list actor talked to reporters who mainly asked what is being transpired in their discussion.
"...what we can do and what part of this we can talk about in the United States, because you know in the United States we aren't doing enough...We are a little less involved that we should be," he announced.
During the press conference, he also voiced his agreement with Merkel's move to welcome a lot of refugees from the Middle East.
"I absolutely agree with her," he told the press.
As to what he can contribute to the looming Syrian Migrant crisis, he told the media that he is working on a movie about it but is hindered in the aspect of finding the 'right script' for it.
"I've struggled to find ways to make a film about Sudan, about Darfur, something very close to me, and which I spend a lot of time on - but I haven't been able to find the proper script. It's hard enough to find a good script for anything, and you don't want to do it badly - because if you do you only get one chance," he said as mentioned in Just Jared.
"I spend a lot of my time working on these things. And it's an odd thing to have someone stand up and ask, 'What are you doing about it?" he added.
Meanwhile, he also thinks that it is impossible for the US to ban Muslim Americans in the same manner that America would never choose Donald Trump as president, Aaj TV reported.
"I always have to caution people when they watch American politics. We go a little crazy during the political season and it's a very long season," he said.
