Clooney stung by 'Leatherheads' flop

George Clooney has admitted that it upset him to see his latest film Leatherheads bomb at the box office.

Leatherheads, which was directed by Clooney and starred Renée Zellweger, only recouped £18 million and was derided by critics.

"It bombed, and when I say bombed, it bombed," Clooney told Rolling Stone. "Someone said, 'How does that feel?' and it stings a little bit.

"It's not like we just showed up: I was working on this for a couple years and put a lot of work into it, and you get knocked back a little bit."

He added: "The trick is how you handle things when things don't go great. It's easy when things are doing well. The people I most admire are the people who handle it when the studio says 'That's really underperformed' and they say, 'Ow, that hurt'."