the well-known William Bradley pit needs no introduction he is a rare kind of actor despite many box office failures he has always found his way back to the top but how did he conquer Hollywood without having any connections unlike other talents how did he prove he is a serious versatile actor not just some pretty face and why didn't the numerous flops he has made sync him after all half of them would be enough to syn any career but not Brad's what is his superpower Welcome to Hollywood lore and let's explore Brad Pitt's SU exting Journey
pursuing his dream to be an actor Brad Pit dropped out of University and moved to Los Angeles according to him he had not just $10 in his pocket like Sylvester Stallone but a full 350 so arriving in Los Angeles he was a real oligarch compared to many others despite this unbelievable Fortune Brad worked as a chicken mascot advertising various diners and also did delivery jobs bringing pizza or Chinese food he started with tiny roles in different films where his name didn't even appear in the credits fun fact pit at the start of his Hollywood Journey
wanted to be like Mickey roor everyone in the'80s considered RoR a big talent but as we now know when RoR found out about it he unexpectedly decided to show everyone his boxing talent and ended up no longer being a big star soon pit will also have the chance to make a name for himself in the boxing world but more on that later gradually pit moved on to TV shows where his name even would sometimes appear at the time he was very excited because he had made it to the Timeless master piece the Pringles commercial Pit's
first featurelength significant role was shelv in a dark corner only to be retrieved 8 years later the movie was The Dark Side of the Sun and in this one Brad played a guy who was allergic to the sunshine the film was a joint production of Yugoslavia and the USA in the late 80s Yugoslavia was going through hard times so the movie couldn't be finished it was released on video only in 1997 when the producers suddenly realized pit had become a big star and they could earn some extra cashh while the Dark Side of the Sun
was gathering dust pit took part mostly in horror films he was afraid of ending up on TV so he agreed to the most insignificant roles where Brad was usually killed in some freaky way at least he was noticeable by the way at that time Brad Pit could have ended very brutally like in these horror movies pit met Robin given and became big friends with her while Robin was in the legal process of ending her friendship with another guy Mike Tyson Mike once caught given in a car with Brad near her house pit was saved only
by his ability to smile sincerely and pretend to be a huge fan of Tyson Mike let his huge fan leave peacefully and didn't see him ever again Brad's boxing career crashed before even starting but his film career was about to take off for every success in the early years there were at least two failures according to pit his first significant accomplishment was Thelma and Louise at first it was a Goldie Han and Merill Street film then it became a jod Fosters and Michelle fifers and finally it became sir Ridley Scotts he brought pit into the
movie but he didn't make it simple for pit William Baldwin was the first in the line but his career was taking off and after receiving a more interesting offer he decided that his brothers would make fun of him for such a small role and ran away then Robert Downey Jr was cast but Ridley Scott said Robert looked like a tiny Chihuahua next to tall Gina Davis so he was fired for being too short Scott then considered George Clooney But ultimately rejected him saying he would look ridiculous in a cowboy hat the movie was in development
for two years already so Scott had to choose quickly between two remaining options Christian Slater and Brad Pit the cowboy hat suited pit better Thelma and Louise performed well at the box office and Brad's supporting role earned him his share of Fame it was this movie which discovered Brad Pit as a rising sex symbol soon another sex symbol will come to Pit's rescue when he goes under right after Thelma and Louise pit signed up for cool world which had a serious $30 million budget but crashed at the box office critics demolished the movie Kim baser
who had the leading female role even earned a nomination for Razzy award the show's failure and poor ratings with average score of four out of 10 are often blamed on a sudden change of concept it was supposed to be Who Framed Roger Rabbit but for adults the plot was altered to Target teens after Kim Basinger joined the result was a chaotic mess released alongside universal Soldier pits film had no chance against the Belgian dancer and flopped earning only 14 million another film the favor later also failed at the box office but pit was spared because
he had a supporting role Brad was saved by Robert Redford who is often called the older and sexier version of pit Redford was directing a river runs through it and saw himself in pit in Thelma and Louise he immediately decided to cast pit but he managed to screw up the first audition Brad didn't give up though he recorded a second audition on tape and sent to Redford that convinced him to cast pit over River Phoenix many years later pit will regret Crossing young Indiana Jones the film made $66 million with a budget of 12 and
received several Oscar and Golden Globe nominations Brad got none of that but the movie solidified his Rising Star status for his next film California he earned $800,000 the director Dominic Cena wanted pit after seeing him in Thelma and Louise the movie didn't do well at the box office same as True Romance where pit had a minor role But True Romance was woried by audiences and by critics so much that California's flop didn't bother pit at all moreover shortly he had the first significant hit where he began to show signs of his unforgiving nature Interview with
a Vampire is famous for Pit's legendary suffering on set Brad constantly complained about being hung upside down to get blood to his head and having to wear contact lenses to which his eyes were allergic he also complained about London having to spend 6 months in a city that was darker than the film itself a week into shooting pit approached the producer with the intention of leaving the cast it was explained to him that the book was a huge hit and that the film had a blockbuster budget of $60 million which would launch his career into
space Oh and that he would owe to the studio his body if he decided to break the contract back in the day it was $40 million taking only inflation into account this penalty would be worth $80 million today pit simply didn't have the money but his drama didn't end there he had a problem with Tom Cruz it was here that rumors began to circulate about Brad Pitt's little notebook in which he wrote down the names of naughty actors he never wanted to work with again no matter what the conflict is not a gossip but why
it happened is unclear according to one version pit didn't want to use a deodorant on set and that made Tom Cruz salty Brad's time on the screen immediately decreased the second version is about Tom Cruz's desire to help Pit's acting and giving him his super talented tips pit didn't want to hear any of that so his screen time shrinked even more at that time Cruz was already a Savage while pit was just some Average Joe so Cruz's influence on the filming was no joke however pit got his Sweet Revenge by putting Cruz in his notebook
despite his suffering unset it didn't affect the final quality in fact Pit's miserable look added charm to his character which was unplanned Interview with the Vampire earned $224 million at the box office and catapulted Pit's career to space even though Cruz double checked to remove his face from movies posters Legends of the Fall was released 6 months after the interview with the Vampire for this one Brad signed before interview success so it was still a kind of movie which featured a regular ordinary guy Brad Pit at first the leading roles were supposed to be given
to Tom Cruz and Shan connory Johnny Depp could also be in the movie but unfortunately it had Tim Burton deficiency so Depp took off with a budget of $30 million it made 160 pit was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best dramatic actor according to pit he then finally bought a classy residence with a pool and top-notch security which was soon bypassed by some Ethan Hunt who robbed his new mansion though he didn't steal much more than Pit's dignity soon pit Will recover by winning his first Golden Globe Award but not for what you
would expect in 1994 an extra zero was added to Brad's standard fee but in 1995 he took a pay cut for seven despite the cut it was still a record salary for him Brad was so much into the movie he had to refuse Apollo 13 according to one Hollywood Legend David Fincher had to use his big brain to get Gwyneth palro for the movie she refused at first but then Fincher signed pit hoping he would sweet talk her into the project his bet played and gwynth finally agreed to take part Brad Pitt still considers seven
to be the best in-class film he ever starred in interestingly Sylvester Stallone and Denzel Washington could have been in the movie later they regretfully claimed that they goofed up turning it down due to its excessive violence a big question what would seven become with them in the main roles this movie would be nuts let's go even further which Pit's role would suits Stallone the most write down your options in the comments but only the wrong ones anyway thanks to Pitts and Freeman's support Fincher got full creative control if someone would ask for a full creative
control in Sylvester Stallone's presence he would quickly off to film another movie Seven had a budget of $33 million and made 327 pit agreed to trim his fee from 6 to 4 mil but scored another three as a percentage from the film's distribution that was fortunate because soon he had to work for a bag of chips pit wanted to distance himself from romantic roles so he decided to take part in legendary Terry gillams 12 Monkeys Brad's fee was just 100,000 but Bruce Willis got even less he was basically filming for food when the producers told
him they couldn't pay him even his Petty 500,000 Bruce decided to refuse the fee whatsoever and go for a percentage of the box office earnings instead funny thing here Johnny Depp was running around director Terry gilam trying to get into the movie but gilam chose pit instead after all the Pirates of the Caribbean it seems like a perfect role for Depp with his talent of showing lunatics and clowns but maybe the director was not ready for such a talent pit on the other hand looked more like sugar overdosed Tasmanian Devil which gave a mind boggling
contrast to his previous dramatic romantic image to slightly calibrate Pit's performance gilam decided to forbid his smoking on set that did the trick Brad won a Golden Globe and got an Oscar nomination the movie had some issues though 12 Monkeys got destroyed during test screenings but the producers and the director convinced the studio not to cut it they said all the complaints were about the film's nonlinearity and eccentricity which would play into their hands in the long run it was literally scorched Earth at the studio but the team managed to convince the bosses 12 Monkeys
earned 169 million on a 29 million budget securing Brad's image as a capable actor for his next film sleepers he sted with Kevin Bacon Robert dairo and Dustin Hoffman no longer inferior to such gigachad he charged $10 million the film did well at the box office but starting from there it seems like pit got greedy and stopped reading scripts in 1997 he had two expensive films the devil own and Seven Years in Tibet while Seven Years in Tibet got bad critical reviews but good audience scores the devil's own failed in both the films flopped at
the box office and Brad received a lifetime ban from visiting China for 7even Years in Tibet more than that he got an award for the third worst accent in Hollywood history according to Empire Journal pit sucks at accents but soon it will help him with one of his best comedic roles leave a like if you also like dags the devil's own is also known because it features another member of Brad Pitt's list pit claims he signed up for a project expecting fun his character would cheerfully bash the hell out of a bunch of people in
a junkie house to some Irish music but at some point Brad recommended Harrison Ford for a support role the rest is history by the end of filming the plot was nothing like the original Brad was Furious Ford later said pit was too young and forgetful on set requiring Deep dive on how to speak to adults rumors suggest Brad Pit was even roughed up during filming but both actors deny any physical violence the constant changes and re-shoot balloon the budget to $90 million and after test screenings over 40 minutes were cut out the film only earned
141 million in the box office with Ford earning 20 million in pit 12 million 7 Years in Tibet also flopped grossing 131 million on a budget of 70 instead pit could have starred in Tony Scott's fan but he wanted Robert Deniro's role the fan also flopped for Meet Joe Black Pit got a record fee which became a standard for him $17.5 million he pushed Anthony Hopkins into the cast later regretting it as Hopkins often clashed with the director refusing to make multiple takes of each scene well at least he didn't eat anyone the film's failures
attributed to its crazy long three-hour runtime which wasn't cut despite test audience feedback the movie was released as it was and now it's considered a mistake the TV version runs only 2 hours but director Martin breast disowned it he even demanded the studio to remove his name from the credits and replacing it with the famous pseudonym Alan Smithy which is used in Hollywood by directors to disown the movie the film still managed to make some money mainly because of the trailer for the first episode of Star Wars which was shown before the movie so Star
Wars fans probably bought up all the tickets in the first week anyhow after five successes it was already the third flop in a row for pit and the fourth was coming in fight Club Brad was lured by David Fincher pit jokingly calls Fincher the biggest pain in the ass when it comes to this movie the actor said that although almost all of the bed scene between him and Helen AB botam Carter was done with computer Graphics it didn't save them any trouble pit and Carter spent over 3 days in the studio recording various moans director
David Fincher couldn't get enough of it it's unclear which variants of the moans the director chose for the film and which were stored in his personal collection but here's one example of Fincher s itic determination one of the stuntmen was tossed around the stairs all day long in the end the movie included the very first take which turned out to be the best one despite being considered a cult classic now Fight Club was a box office failure grossing only $11 million on a 63 million budget however this failure has a well-known Nuance Fight Club became
one of Fox's bestselling DVD releases in the Studio's entire history suggesting it eventually turned to profit the failure of Fight Club marked a turning point for p pit he stopped looking for films with the highest paychecks and immediately agreed to star in guy Richie's snatch for a few bucks pit was a huge fan of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels so he begged the guy Richie to cast him for the second part Brad wanted Jason Statham's role but when he showed his British accent he was asked not to do that ever again so they decided
to make him a gypsy pit was so hyped about the film he wasn't even stopped by the fact that he had to play the fighter again right after fight club snatch cost $10 million and grossed 84 million Pit's next film The Mexican also made him cut his fee to 5 million he was supposed to star in the born identity but project moved slowly when Tony Scott offered him a role in Spy game with Robert Redford he dropped Bourne leaving producers to cast Matt Damon and since two successes in a row was enough for pit the
Spy game grossed just $143 million with a budget of 115 while Bourne became a grand franchise Brad's failure with spy game was covered by Oceans 11 success at first pit didn't want to participate but he was convinced by his friend George Clooney pit agreed to cut his fee but demanded the highest percentage of profits among other actors earning around 30 million Brad's next major project was Troy he could have starred in Oliver Stone's Alexander but quickly vanished when heard about the film specifics Troy performed decently but is considered a failure due to its huge 175
5 million budget pit hid this flop with Oceans 12 and Mr and Mrs Smith this movie had a huge impact on the actor's career and personal life Nicole Kidman was originally cast as Mrs Smith but she had to drop out and after that Brad ran away however when the producers signed Angelina Jolie pit quickly rejoined the cast eager for the opportunity to work with her you know the result brangelina appeared the movie was problematic and suffered in post-production usually nothing good awaits such a project but not this time it made 487 million on a 110
million budget that wasn't disappointing but another thing was most of pit and Jolie's bedroom scenes were cut to get a teen rating as the scenes were too mature Brad decided to do some real and very serious movies the first serious movie was Babel for which he was paid just 1 million it grossed $135 million on a budget of 25 since then pit has also started producing films as a producer his first big success was was The Departed in 2006 Brad was offered Matt Damon's role but he felt being too old for it and chose to
pursue Babel instead Brad's next production the assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford drowned despite Pit's miserable 1 million fee the movie earned just 15 million on a budget of 30 pit said they knew the film was not for masses so actually expected this flop the assassination of Jesse James marked the beginning of four consecutive box office successes for pit solidifying his status as a superstar one of these is the Curious Case of Benjamin Button and at first button was meant to be portrayed by Tom Cruz Steven Spielberg wanted to direct it but
the project drowned in production hell then Fincher appeared brought pit into the movie and revived it the success spree ended with Terrence Malex the Tree of Life the film was expected to be a commercial failure but was well received by critics around this time Angelina Jolie wanted to become serious as well and direct something she envisioned Brad as the guardian of the African continent from poachers in an action-packed project according to Jolie the main character was a real Chad and no other actor except for pit would be able to play such a Mufasa but the
movie didn't happen due to Pit's busy schedule back then everyone thought Angelina would punish pit for such a trick but it seems Jolie forgave him pit shifted more towards producing he appeared mostly in his company's films such as Killing Them Softly and Moneyball these had modest success but another one 12 Years a Slave became a box office hit and won a pack of oscars Brad's career took a downturn after World War Z Fury and The Big Short these films still were hits but then by the Sea directed by Angelina Jolie happened in this one pit
was forced to participate for obvious reasons by the Sea flopped and brangelina divorced shortly afterwards the trial revealed Pit's alcoholism and his career was flooded with flops like Allied at as ex ra and low streaming numbers for war machine the only bright spot was a small role of an invisible man in Deadpool 2 but many didn't know it was pit who got electrified there to be honest one could assume Brad Pit was over the next step would be to completely move to conquer streaming services and B tier movies but Brad was saved by Quenton Tarantino
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Tarantino was writing this script for many years and initially it had to become a book the role pit eventually took was different at first so back then he refused Tarantino approached Tom Cruz who also cringed and declined after rewriting the script and making Pit's character a stuntman Tarantino returned to Brad and this time he agreed to participate for his role in the film pit won his first acting Oscar at the age of 56 although he had won as a producer in 2014 for 12 years as a slave despite the
massive failure of Babylon in 2022 pit continues to work on new projects including a comedy action film wolves with his friend George Clooney despite ongoing legal battles with Angelina Jo and accusations of aggressive behavior pit remains Unsinkable his production company Plan B is doing good so good they actually received a huge investment and have epic plans to hijack Hollywood in the recent future thanks to his little notebook of naughty actors pit now seems to know who to work with as a producer and who to avoid at all costs lately pit seemed very calm exuding a
bit of a buddha-like Vibe similar to Keanu Reeves that's especially noticeable in bullet train where pit seems to portray a version of himself distancing from all that toxic past and just looking for some inner peace I hope you'll find one anyway thanks for watching and I wish you to explore more Hollywood lore
