Brad Pitt is a world-famous movie star with his handsome appearance and is a talented star in movies with much money.
November 5, 2006 (Press Release) --
Brad Pitt is ranked 20th in Forbes' list of powerful celebrities and earns an estimated $20 million a movie.
But he increasingly has gained respect for being more than just a pretty face. To those in the business, his appeal is as obvious as those piercing baby blues.
''He is arguably one of the biggest stars in the world, if not the biggest. Men want to be him, and women want to be with him,'' says Jerry Weintraub, who has produced the ''Ocean's'' movie franchise and has been friends with Pitt for years.
Pitt's career has never been better. He's starring in unconventional films that show his grizzled side, such as ''Babel.'' And through Plan B, he is producing edgy projects including ''Running With Scissors'' and the current box office hit ''The Departed.'' He's also producing ''A Mighty Heart,'' starring girlfriend Angelina Jolie, 31, as the widow of murdered reporter Daniel Pearl.
In ''Babel,'' Pitt plays a helpless husband who tries to save his wife, who is accidentally shot while on a tense vacation in Morocco. Variety praises Pitt for giving his character ''weight and strength,'' and the Hollywood Reporter calls his performance ''committed.''
Bring up Pitt's name to anyone associated with him, and you hear stories of personal thank-you notes, congratulatory e-mails and a level of thoughtfulness unusual in a star of his caliber.
''Brad is not pretentious. There's nothing artsy-fartsy about him,'' says ''Running With Scissors'' director Ryan Murphy. ''Brad is incredibly enthusiastic. I heard he'd liked the script, and I met him at the [production] offices, and here come these handmade Prada shoes with Brad Pitt attached. He said something to me like, 'You've got wicked skills.' ''
That unaffectedness, says Simon Kinberg, who wrote the 2005 hit ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith,'' ''is kind of an amazing thing. It's not a game or strategy with him.''
In particular, Kinberg remembers one long day of shooting when the exhausted cast and crew had worked into the night and saw no end in sight.
''Brad, out of the blue, started doing jumping jacks, calling out to the crew, getting everyone's spirits up at 4 a.m. at some awful diner in downtown L.A.,'' Kinberg says. ''He was the guy who would cheerlead for the movie -- and he didn't have to. He's the top, and the energy flows from the top down.''
Pitt doesn't mind looking less than perfect. In ''Babel,'' he goes gray and has bags under his eyes.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
But he increasingly has gained respect for being more than just a pretty face. To those in the business, his appeal is as obvious as those piercing baby blues.
''He is arguably one of the biggest stars in the world, if not the biggest. Men want to be him, and women want to be with him,'' says Jerry Weintraub, who has produced the ''Ocean's'' movie franchise and has been friends with Pitt for years.
Pitt's career has never been better. He's starring in unconventional films that show his grizzled side, such as ''Babel.'' And through Plan B, he is producing edgy projects including ''Running With Scissors'' and the current box office hit ''The Departed.'' He's also producing ''A Mighty Heart,'' starring girlfriend Angelina Jolie, 31, as the widow of murdered reporter Daniel Pearl.
In ''Babel,'' Pitt plays a helpless husband who tries to save his wife, who is accidentally shot while on a tense vacation in Morocco. Variety praises Pitt for giving his character ''weight and strength,'' and the Hollywood Reporter calls his performance ''committed.''
Bring up Pitt's name to anyone associated with him, and you hear stories of personal thank-you notes, congratulatory e-mails and a level of thoughtfulness unusual in a star of his caliber.
''Brad is not pretentious. There's nothing artsy-fartsy about him,'' says ''Running With Scissors'' director Ryan Murphy. ''Brad is incredibly enthusiastic. I heard he'd liked the script, and I met him at the [production] offices, and here come these handmade Prada shoes with Brad Pitt attached. He said something to me like, 'You've got wicked skills.' ''
That unaffectedness, says Simon Kinberg, who wrote the 2005 hit ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith,'' ''is kind of an amazing thing. It's not a game or strategy with him.''
In particular, Kinberg remembers one long day of shooting when the exhausted cast and crew had worked into the night and saw no end in sight.
''Brad, out of the blue, started doing jumping jacks, calling out to the crew, getting everyone's spirits up at 4 a.m. at some awful diner in downtown L.A.,'' Kinberg says. ''He was the guy who would cheerlead for the movie -- and he didn't have to. He's the top, and the energy flows from the top down.''
Pitt doesn't mind looking less than perfect. In ''Babel,'' he goes gray and has bags under his eyes.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
Email
Print
SPAM
LEAVE A COMMENT
