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Clooney: Ohio roots influenced 'Ides of March'

Sunday, October 02, 2011
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 photo, George Clooney stands outside a polling station on the first day of voting in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba Clooney has recovered from the malaria he contracted earlier this month during a visit to Sudan. Publicist Stan Rosenfield says this was the actors second bout with the disease. Clooney is set to discuss the condition and his work in Africa on Piers Morgans CNN show Friday, Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2011 photo, George Clooney stands outside a polling station on the first day of voting in the southern Sudanese capital city of Juba Clooney has recovered from the malaria he contracted earlier this month during a visit to Sudan. Publicist Stan Rosenfield says this was the actor's second bout with the disease. Clooney is set to discuss the condition and his work in Africa on Piers Morgan's CNN show Friday, Jan. 21. (AP Photo/Pete Muller) (AP Photo)

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CINCINNATI (AP) - October 2, 2011 (WPVI) -- George Clooney says his Ohio-Kentucky roots and his father's failed bid for political office influenced his upcoming film, "The Ides of March."

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Clooney tells The Cincinnati Enquirer (http://bit.ly/qx6daD ) he decided to film the movie in Cincinnati because he knows it well and thought it would be fun to shoot in his hometown.

The movie is directed by Clooney, who stars as fictional presidential candidate and Pennsylvania Gov. Mike Morris. Co-star Ryan Gosling plays the governor's idealistic press secretary who learns quickly about dirty politics.

Clooney tells the newspaper that the movie was inspired by his father Nick Clooney's unsuccessful 2004 run for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District.

George says many of his character's political views are derived from his father's work as a columnist for the now-defunct newspaper The Cincinnati Post.

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