When it comes to Brad Pitt, a few obvious things come to mind.
Things like his impressive movie career or his high-profile relationships with Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie.
But did you know that he once underwent psychiatric coaching for a role or that he used to chauffeur strippers around??
Turns out, there's more than meets the eye with this gorgeous A-lister. Here are 10+ interesting facts about Brad Pitt that fans didn't know.
He was named after his father, but once he pursued acting in Hollywood, he decided to go by a shortened version of his middle name.
Which one do you like better?
He was only two credits away from his journalism degree at the University of Missouri when he dropped out.
"It just came to the time of graduation and everyone — all my friends were committing to jobs — and I just realized I was not ready for that yet," he told NPR in 2011.
"It just wasn't on the list of career options where I grew up. Then it occurred to me, literally two weeks before graduation: If the opportunity isn't here, I'll go to it. So simple. But it had never occurred to me," he said.
Instead of letting the rejection get him down, he decided to create his own basketball team called The Cherokee Rejects.
Clever.
Brad's dad even coached the underdog team, which practiced at the family's church.
When asked by Ellen DeGeneres how he felt about wearing the feathered chicken suit, he said he felt "no shame."
He also said that he "got flipped off a lot"!
These are How to Train Your Dragon and Life as a House.
"In the end, he lost his leg and they're living in harmony with the dragons … it got me," Pitt told W Magazine in 2012.
"I don't know if it would still hit me the same way, but on my 27th hour of just pure wretchedness, this movie crushed me," he said.
This was for his character Tyler Durden.
His publicist, Cindy Guagenti, told Entertainment Weekly in 1998, "Brad's willing to go to great lengths for a character. Most people hate to go to the dentist."
Yes, really.
“My job was to drive them to bachelor parties and things. I’d pick them up, and at the gig I’d collect the money, play the bad Prince tapes and catch the girls’ clothes," he once recalled to Newsweek.
In the end, though, that job ended up changing his life.
"This girl – I’d never met her before – was in an acting class taught by a man named Roy London," he said.
“I went and checked it out, and it really set me on the path to where I am now. Strippers changed my life.”
That's definitely an understatement. The man is worth millions!
This was due to his controversial role in 1997's Seven Years in Tibet.
The People’s Republic of China was disappointed in the film for political reasons since it depicted Chinese military officers negatively.
This was for the movie 12 Monkeys, if you can believe it!
He worked with Dr. Laszlo Gyulai, the director of the bipolar disorders unit at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
This clearly paid off as the actor was nominated for an Oscar for the role.
But when this happened, he was surprisingly critical of himself: “I nailed the first half of 12 Monkeys. I got the second half all wrong.”
Every once in a while, the A-list actor takes a break from being in front of the screen.
So far, he's lent his voice to roles in Megamind, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and King of the Hill.
"I like to busy myself, I'm a grazer by nature," he said during a 2019 interview with JOE.
As for what he likes to eat? Everything and anything. Mm, anyone else hungry now?
"He was always on the run, always on the move, I figured he could never sit down and have a proper meal. So he always had to grab something on the run," Pitt said.
"She's definitely more experienced," he told Rolling Stone .
"I like the details. And she likes getting there," he said. In 2013, he even bought a World War II-era Supermarine Spitfire for $3.3 million.
"I loved Saturday Night Fever when I was a kid," he told NPR about the 1977 movie that starred John Travolta.
"I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place."
I mean, is it his fault that he's one of the most handsome men in Hollywood? No, it is not!
We truly can't blame those in charge for coming to this conclusion.
In fact, he even has his own production company called Plan B Entertainment, which was actually founded with Jennifer Aniston.
It has produced a lot of Pitt's movies, including 12 Years a Slave, which won an Oscar.
"As a producer, obviously, you're part of a team that brings the story to the screen. It wouldn't be there if you didn't champion it or if you and a group of people weren't championing it. I like that."
Back in 1998, he said that his favorite candy was Twizzlers. He also loves pizza (like most people) and Frosted Flakes!
Oprah was surprised to know this about Pitt as, apparently, she hadn't met people who enjoyed Twizzlers.
"I do like a Twizzler," Pitt said. "I will do one of these bags in a sitting."
But the film didn't actually perform well at the box office!
"I can turn out the hits over and over and I just — my favorite movie is the worst-performing film of anything I've done, 'The Assassination of Jesse James,'" he told GQ.
While it only earned $4 million at the box office, he obviously has hopes that it will become a classic in years to come!
"I can help in other ways. I can help by getting movies out with certain messages. I've got to be moved by something—I can't fake it."
Which makes tons of sense.
Everyone has their own way of helping out!
"I'm making everything. I'm working with clay, plaster, rebar, wood. Just trying to learn the materials. You know, I surprise myself. But it's a very, very lonely occupation."
"But I surprise myself."
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