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Left, Brad Pitt, star of the upcoming Formula One based movie, F1, and Damson Previous page, Brad Pitt attends the Wolfs red carpet during the 81st Venice
Idris, react after filming scenes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, International Film Festival on September 01, 2024 in Venice, Italy.
United Arab Emirates. ©Ryan Pierse/Dave Benett/Joe Portlock/Getty Images ©Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Not always, but once in a while, he acts in the films he produces

too. As he will in the upcoming F1 by Joseph Kosinski. He plays

a former F1 champion who races in the minor leagues after a
terrible accident.

Brad Pitt is an uncomplaining, unanguished man. He has Undecided about his future, he moved to Los Angeles. One of his
always made me think about the Verve song Lucky Man: “I’m a first jobs was delivering flyers for the opening of a Mexican fast-
lucky man, with fire in my hands”. Brad knows it’s true and he food restaurant, El Pollo Loco. Brad wore a chicken costume and
knows he is Brad Pitt, in all his versions. a ridiculous hat.
He is an actor who has made film history with his notable It was the Eighties: a new time looking for new faces. In
performances, though never rewarded with an Oscar (but that’s Hollywood, there was always room – in the film, television,
Oscar’s problem, not his). fashion, or advertising business – for a handsome man with lots
He is a divo in pop culture, as mentioned in Shania Twain’s of hair and a beaming smile. In fact, Brad was selected for small
famous hit, That don’t impress me much, where she taunts a boy roles until he became Randi in Dallas, an epochal series. Later,
who thinks he is the best by saying, “Okay, so you’re Brad Pitt?”. at an audition to play a swindling hitchhiker who sleeps with
Simply Brad, elected “Sexiest Man Alive” by People Thelma from Thelma & Louise, actress Geena Davis insisted on
magazine, multiple times. The star of the media and gossip. selecting him among the numerous participants.
Brad the boyfriend and husband of stars as bright as him. Today, all of these stories (journalism, the chicken, the
Brad Pitt is aware of all this, and his awareness makes him turning point thanks to Geena) are legendary. At age 60, it would
adorable. On his public image, he once stated in an interview: be belittling to define Brad Pitt as a mere actor. He has become
“At the start of my career, an article about me came out in a much more, despite a few critical moments.
newspaper. I was rather appeased. A few weeks later, I went to In the early 2000s, he was meant to take part in a Coen
a friend’s house and found my article there too: it was in the cat brothers movie called To the White Sea, which never came out. He
litter, half-covered in poop. From then on, I gave less importance ended up shooting Troy, which was a half fiasco at the box office.
to articles, and I haven’t read anything about me for about twenty As if it weren’t enough, media attention sky-rocketed when he
years.” met Angelina Jolie on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Along came
The funny thing is that he wanted to become a journalist! his divorce from Jennifer Aniston: a story that many women
But the young William Bradley Pitt fell two exams and a thesis worldwide took personally, taking one side or the other in a clash
short of a degree in journalism at the University of Missouri. lasting longer than both weddings.

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