780- Standing In For Clooney with Writer Joe Coyle

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Writer Joe Coyle whose stories recently appeared in Beyond Where the Buses Run: Stories! And Mount Hope Magazine worked as George Clooney’s stand in on nine feature films beginning with Batman & Robin.

On today’s episode of Story Worthy Joe tells a cautionary tale of why you should always remove your super hero makeup prior to driving home on the 405 especially if your tail light is out and you are car pooling with the Robin stand, who is also wearing super hero makeup.

Listen to this hilarious story of behind “Behind the Hollywood scenes” where Joe got to kick Arnold Schwarzenegger, kiss Elle MacPherson, drive the Batmobile and wear the Bat Suit within a month of arriving in the city where anything is possible

Each week Hollywood’s most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrated 13 years of podcasting in July 2023 and has over 800 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life in 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Storyworthy. Today on the show, writer and stand-in Joe Coyle talks about what it was like standing in for George Clooney.
0:09.0	The cop is out of the car. Robin has the window rolled down, hands him his license and registration, and the cop shines a flashlight in both of our eyes.
0:16.9	We're both nervous. We don't know what's going on. By the time he comes back, I realize what's going on. I say to Robin, I said, dude, I said, take a look in your rearview mirror, pointing it yourself. Look at us. We've got a mask on. We're dressed in black. The guy comes back up and says, where are you guys coming from? We're standing. We work on Batman and Robin. He stands in for Batman. I stand in for Robin. And the guy's like, yeah, right, right, right.
0:38.7	Today on the show, writer in Hollywood stand-in, Joe Coyle, talks about what it was like standing
0:44.1	in for George Clooney during the filming of Batman. Stay close. Hey, it's Joe Coyle, and you're listening to
0:51.2	Storyworthy.
1:02.2	Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn,
1:03.8	and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.
1:06.7	Whether you're a longtime fan of the show of almost 13 years, or you're a brand new listener, welcome to Storyworthy.
1:15.8	Now, recently, you guys, I've been taking a break.
1:18.3	I'm sure you've noticed.
1:19.9	And I've been working really hard on my other show, My Life in Three Songs, which I'm dying for you to listen to, by the way.
1:26.2	If you haven't heard my life in three songs,
1:28.7	do yourself a big favor, go over to Spotify, and follow my life in three songs. I talk to
1:34.7	comedians about the three songs in their life that have inspired them and impacted them,
1:39.5	or really just impacted, to tell you the truth, because it's not their favorite songs, but it's
1:43.2	like songs that paint a picture of where they grow up and who they are and I'm just so thrilled with
1:48.8	it so please go over check out my life and three songs but now I got my hand around my life and
1:55.0	three songs and it's it's on its own now it can do its own thing I'm with it every week but now
1:59.7	I got a handle on it. So I came back
2:01.7	here to Storyworthy, and I'm going to be bringing you guys all brand new stories this year,
2:06.9	2023, and we're going to kick it off right now with a really interesting man who, right before I took
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