Stewart Granger, the charming matinee idol of the mid-20th century, once bemoaned the inconvenience of ageing into an older leading man rather than a craggy character actor. Boo hoo! I’m too handsome. I still have to play the suave shipping magnate rather than the dropsy-addled bar-room incontinent. Anyway, fans of George Clooney have been throwing themselves from skyscrapers after learning he is no longer to take on romantic leads. “Look, I’m 63 years old. I’m not trying to compete with 25-year-old leading men,” he told CBS. “That’s not my job. I’m not doing romantic films any more.” [ George Clooney:...