Q 01/05

A 2005 Sky News poll made Clive Owen the public's pick for James Bond; who got the role instead?

A) Henry Cavill

B) Daniel Craig

C) Ewan McGregor

D) Hugh Jackman

Answer · why

B) Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig was announced as the new 007 in the very month the poll came out. Owen later said he was never offered the part, or even approached about...

Q 02/05

In Shoot 'Em Up, Clive Owen's gunslinging drifter is constantly eating which vegetable?

A) Celery

B) Radishes

C) Carrots

D) Peppers

Answer · why

C) Carrots

Carrots are his snack and, in one scene, his weapon against a hitman. Critics compared the hero and Paul Giamatti's villain to Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fu...

Q 03/05

A full-size copy of which New York museum was built in Germany for Clive Owen's The International?

A) The Guggenheim

B) The Whitney

C) The Frick Collection

D) The Brooklyn Museum

Answer · why

A) The Guggenheim

The Guggenheim was copied at full size, 118 feet wide, for the film's central gunfight. Owen called it one of the most exquisitely executed sequences ...

Q 04/05

Which US president did Clive Owen play in the 2021 series Impeachment: American Crime Story?

A) Richard Nixon

B) Andrew Johnson

C) Donald Trump

D) Bill Clinton

Answer · why

D) Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton was Owen's role, with Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky herself signed on as a co-producer of the season.

Q 05/05

Clive Owen met his future wife, Sarah-Jane Fenton, when both acted in which Shakespeare play?

A) Romeo and Juliet

B) Twelfth Night

C) Much Ado About Nothing

D) The Taming of the Shrew

Answer · why

A) Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet brought them together at the Young Vic in London in 1988, where both were in the cast. They began dating soon afterwards and married ...

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