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20+ Facts About Brad Pitt You Might Not Know (He Was Banned From Entering China Forever)

It’s hard to believe, but one of Hollywood’s top sex symbols turned 55. Since his first film appearance, he has become a true idol to millions, a first-class actor and producer. And soon, we’ll see the long-awaited Quentin Tarantino film on screen Once Upon A Time In… Hollywoodwith Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead roles.

we, from awesome.club we are looking forward to the release of the new film and we decided to remember the most remarkable facts of the actor’s life.

career start

William Bradley Pitt was born in 1963 in the small town of Shawnee to a religious Baptist family.

After graduating from school, William studied journalism and advertising at university, but didn’t work in the profession, so he decided to try his luck in Hollywood with just $235 in his pocket. At that time he preferred to renounce his full name and became Brad Pitt.

Before becoming a movie star, young Brad came to work as a porter, driver and even chicken dress for the restaurant chain. El Pollo Loco🇧🇷 He needed to scrape together money to pay for rent and performing arts courses. Soon, the young man was noticed and began to be invited to sporadic roles in films and TV series.

“I had to dance dressed in a chicken costume in front of the restaurant to attract the crowd. So I discovered firsthand the power of advertising and what I ended up studying for 4 years in college.”

The first feature film with Pitt, The Prince of Shadowswas released just 10 years after filming ended, as part of the film was lost in the course of work.

Early in his career, Pitt was busy on a rather unusual project called Forbidden World, where actors and cartoon characters were mixed together. Unfortunately, this project was not successful at the box office.

recognition and fame

The actor woke up on a really famous day after his role in the movie cult Interview with the Vampirewhere he played opposite the already famous Antonio Banderas and Tom Cruise.

“I learned from the Tibetan monks that the 3 most terrible things that can happen to a man are beauty, glory and wealth.”

To further improve his image on the small screen, the actor changed his smile so that it was white like the so-called “Hollywood smile”. However, he was soon invited to participate in the film. Fight Club🇧🇷 Of course, his character, the independent Tyler Durden, couldn’t have a perfect smile. So Brad had to ask his dentist to break his front tooth.

For filming the movie troywhere the actor played Achilles, he had to gain 10kg of muscle mass and, by a strange coincidence, had an injury to his Achilles tendon.

Pitt is the only person who has been twice recognized as the Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine.

“Do you have any idea what it’s like to be Brad Pitt? That means walking through the front door only when there’s a red carpet in front of you, photographers and crowds around you. That means knowing all the back entrances and service elevators and squeezing into the corner when the hotel maid pushes her cleaning cart into the elevator. Anyway, that means being prepared to wave during the 15 floors in the elevator.”

It seems a paradox, but Brad to this day has not received any Oscar for his performances, even though he has been nominated 3 times. The first time was in 1996, with a supporting role he had in the movie The Twelve Monkeys🇧🇷 The second time he almost won the statuette for his lead role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

After 3 years, the actor was nominated for an Oscar twice: as a producer in the category “Best Picture” and as “Best Actor” for his role in the drama The Man Who Changed the Game🇧🇷 Luck smiled on Brad only in 2014. He finally received a statuette, but not as an actor, but as a producer of the film. 12 years of slavery🇧🇷

By the way, this same ceremony was immortalized by the collective pizza, which was ordered by presenter Ellen Degeneres. Clearly, Pitt is not indifferent to this dish, and he is said to have tipped the delivery man generously.

In Hollywood, there’s a theory called “The Pitt-Hanks Continuum” that would explain why Brad didn’t receive any Oscars for his work as an actor. According to the theory, there are 2 types of actors: the first type would be Brad Pitt and the second Tom Hanks. “Pitt”-type actors may work for years, delivering impeccable performances, but they don’t get a well-deserved award. At the same time, “Hanks” type actors can receive an Oscar simply for successful work.

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Recently, a Reddit user conducted a curious survey: he calculated how much Pitt characters eat in different movies. And it seems that in films where actors need to eat more, their image is better shown on screen and viewers tend to react better.

In total, Brad has consumed 4986 calories in his entire career. And, he ate more calories in the movie The Man Who Changed the Game🇧🇷 According to the survey, most of the time the actor ate turkey on screen, which he did in 5 of his films.

Personal life

As a young man, Pitt was reputed to be a stud. In the 1980s, he was in a relationship with boxer Mike Tyson’s future wife, the famous model Robin Givens.

He later had a fleeting romance with actress Christina Applegate. The love story came to an end when the actress broke up with Brad publicly at the wedding ceremony. MTV Awards🇧🇷

During the filming of the thriller Seven — Seven Capital Crimes, Brad started dating Gwyneth Paltrow. The young couple were in love but broke up shortly after without any explanation.

The renowned actor met Jennifer Aniston in a slightly unusual way: the agents of the two arranged a blind date for the stars. In 2000, the couple got married to the happiness of fans, but after 5 years they broke up.

In fact, in 2001, Pitt and Aniston founded together a film production company called Plan B🇧🇷 Thanks to her, famous films such as troy🇧🇷 The Departed🇧🇷 The fantastic chocolate factory🇧🇷 Under the Moonlight🇧🇷 World War Z and others more.

Brad Pitt met Angelina Jolie while filming the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith and, after a year, they adopted their first daughter in Namibia. Later, the actor became the father of 2 more, as well as adopted children with Angelina. At the moment, Angelina and Brad have 6 children: 3 girls and 3 boys. All have the double surname Jolie-Pitt.

Pitt and Jolie got married on paper just 10 years after they were already living together. The engagement ring that Pitt gave his future wife was made according to sketches created by the actor himself. It took the jewelers almost a year to prepare the gift.

The couple’s prenuptial contract was 101 pages long.

Before splitting up, they filmed the movie together Blue Coast🇧🇷 By an irony of fate, the film tells the story of a couple trying to save their marriage. Unfortunately, this therapy didn’t work: the film received a bad review, and soon after, Jolie and Brad divorced.

“At one point or another, we’re all going to split up. Not only with the children, but also with those we love. I’m not going to lie, I’m really scared of death. But of life, no, I’m not afraid.”

Pleasures and weaknesses

Brad Pitt is passionate about motorcycles. In his collection he has many different brands, and here you can see a slightly different one, from the “Ural” brand, which he chose to walk with his son in California.

“I ride a motorcycle. You know, having the pleasure of freedom is this: you’re standing at a traffic light next to someone’s car, and suddenly you notice they’re listening to the radio. And with the helmet, you don’t have to hide.”

Brad Pitt owns a winery in Provence and produces rosé wine under the Miraval brand.

The actor is very fond of architecture, took computer design classes with the famous architect Frank Gehry and was even co-author of the monograph intended for the home of Robert Rowe Blacker.

In 2006, Pitt created a foundation to finance affordable housing in New Orleans for people affected by Hurricane Katrina.

“This is all a healthy selfishness, which is understood only after the age of 40, which is to use the world for one’s own ends, the main of which is to be useful to the world”.

In 2018, the actor tried to buy a “date” with actress Emilia Clarke for 120 thousand dollars, during a charity auction for a foundation to help Haiti. However, Pitt lost the job to an anonymous buyer who offered $180,000. After a while, Clarke regretted that Brad lost.

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