From the fertile minds of Joel and Ethan Coen comes ?Intolerable Cruelty,? the story of prominent LA divorce attorney Miles Massey (George Clooney), a man who, having reaching the pinnacle of his career, is now looking for new challenges. Enter Marylin Rexroth (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Marylin?s about to be the ex-wife of Massey?s client, Rex Rexroth, and Massey?s determined to keep her from getting one thin dime of Rex?s money.

What he?s not counting on is just how far Marylin will go to get her revenge and just how hard he?ll fall for her in the process.

George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones team up for the first time for this refreshing romantic comedy, which co-stars Billy Bob Thornton, Geoffrey Rush and Cedric the Entertainer. In the works for eight years, ?Intolerable Cruelty? is a dark comedy that takes aim at the high-powered world of divorce attorneys.

INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE CLOONEY AND CATHERINE-ZETA JONES:

This film presents a pessimistic view of marriage. How do you keep such a positive outlook?
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES: Take a day at a time and be kind. I think, especially in our business, we meet a lot of people and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers? So, you know, just keep a clear head [and] be nice to each other. That's all the advice I can give.

In ?Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?? you had an obsession with your hair and in this one it's your teeth. Is it fun to experiment with your character traits?
CLOONEY: Well, they kept looking for one.

They got to do something with the hair on the last one so they obsessed with teeth on this one. I might be doing another film with them. I'm running out of body parts. Maybe [I?ll] wax my back.

You're like Cary Grant in terms of romantic comedies and suaveness. What attracts you to this genre?
CLOONEY: I don't know, they're fun to do. It's always a blast to do them. I thought ?Solaris? was pretty funny (laughing). I've been working on comedies for a while. ?Batman and Robin? was a hoot.

I love doing them and if you can do them with Joel and Ethan [Coen], then you feel really lucky - especially if you get to work with people like Catherine. It's really fun. I'm lucky enough, I think, in the backward way that a lot of films that I did weren't particularly successful early so I didn't get pigeonholed into having to do one particular thing. I've sort of been given a little free reign to try a bunch of different things and have them all fail at once, so this has been a fun one. Look, I'll do anything those guys ask.

Did you two model your characters on anyone you know?
CLOONEY: Ben and Jen (laughing).

ZETA-JONES: Who were you playing?

CLOONEY: I don't like her (referring to Zeta-Jones).

Have you run across any of these characters in Hollywood?
ZETA-JONES: Poor Hollywood! These things happen all over the world but what a great backdrop to have Hollywood in our movie. No, but I know people who divorce a lot?.and have really nice houses (laughs). But I didn't model the character on anyone in particular. And if I did, I would never tell the name.

Were you pregnant while you were shooting this? What's life like with two kids?
ZETA-JONES: I'm not going to mention any specific dates but just that at the end of the movie, I got pregnant. I'm having a great time with my children. They're here in New York with me. I have a little ?Lady In Waiting? who is going to drive her dad nuts in about fifteen years, and my son is just terrific. He's a showman and he's a lot of fun to be around.

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