Article: Just call him Danny OceanSHOWBIZ SPECIAL: U.S. STAR ON HIS LATEST FILM Hollywood star and renowned prankster George Clooney talks to ANDY DOUGAN about the fun he had on the set of crime caper Ocean's Twelve and why he's happy to make his age the butt of jokes

THERE is now far more than just a distinguished hint of grey in George Clooney's once dark hair but he has no worries about growing older.

A lot of movie stars lie about their age, and so does Clooney.

In his latest film there's a running gag about him being much older than he looks.

Clooney is a handsome 43 but in Ocean's Twelve, in which he returns as master criminal Danny Ocean, he is allegedly obsessed about being 50. In real life Clooney has no such concerns.

"We put that in the script because I was in Italy last year and some younger girl said to me, 'Giorgio, how old are you?', he recalls.

"And I am stupid enough to ask the question that you should never ask, 'Well, how old do you ...

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