Laiba Siddiqui on January 19, 2016
A man who has Godly looks, worldwide stardom, one of the most beautiful women as his wife, various lines of businesses, six kids, unmatched grandeur in Hollywood and multiple Academy award nominations and wins, in nutshell, a man who has it all. But he didn’t gain this status overnight. Once upon a time he was a good looking dude trying to make it big in Hollywood. Often called as the pretty boy of Hollywood, he showed how he could use his looks according to the situations and his advantages. And today we rank his top 10 performances. And we know you get very touchy when it comes to Brad Pitt, so show us your anger in comments section:
10. Babel (2006)
The film features various Hollywood and international stars. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett play the American tourist couple. Pitt emotes perfectly as a frenzied frustrated husband. The subtle realistic performance by him was a milestone for him in emotional cinema.
9. A River Runs Through It (1992)
Brad Pitt starred in this movie before he was THE Brad Pitt and with his remarkable acting he showed how he managed to become so big. He seems to be at his best when he is supporting the lead and he did the same here as the rebellious errant son. A wild spirit who isn’t afraid to die in the stunning Montana wilderness was a joy to watch for the audience.
8. Legends of the Fall (1994)
A period film which dealt with several aspects of life, family, love, relationship, war, romance, jealousy and death. Pitt did a fascinating job in portrayal of the son of Anthony Hopkins. He heightened the status of the film by delivering array of raw emotions with precision. He looked good, acted splendidly and connected with the audience throughout the movie.
7. Snatch (1995)
The mumbling, incomprehensible charismatic gypsy boxer was the most endearing character to the audience from the film. The incoherent Irish accent adapted by Pitt was itself a huge laugh. He stole the show by letting his freak flag fly. The film wears Pitt’s winning performance like a badge of pride.
6. Seven (1995)
In this psychological crime thriller, Brad delivered a standout performance by putting his versatile acting skills into his interpretation of Detective Millis. It was an intelligent script which demanded an intellectual performance. Pitt handled the change of Millis from overconfident to clueless paranoid with great skills. Special mention to the climax scene where he is completely torn apart giving the character the depth very few in the cinema have achieved.
5. The Tree of Life (2011)
The movie features the top-notch captivating performance as a rigid father by Pitt. In a visually stunning and philosophically developed setting he felt so in-place with his convincing acting. In spite of the minimal dialogues, impressive level of naturalism was evoked by him.
4. Moneyball (2011)
A very demanding character with several dialogues, arguments, display of physical rage, emotional turmoil, change-of-heart reflections difficult to convey. This is easily Brad at his widest acting range. He completely owned the role and was beyond believable in this not-so-typical Baseball flick. He cleverly expressed the anguish in struggle and felt so humane.
3. 12 Monkeys (1995)
The role which landed him an oscar nod early in his career and a well deserved one. In this non-linear time travel, a suitably bonkers and very crazy Brad is seen. He managed to play crazy without being annoying and stole all the scenes he was in. He nailed it by being a neurotic in all the right ways. Clearly his most desperate performance and a performance aspiring to epic status.
2. Fight Club (1999)
Let’s break the first rule and talk about Fight Club. Yes Pitt gave us the most quoted and one of the most iconic character, no a phenomenon called Tyler Durden. He build in the character the much needed style by being exuberant, energetic and unflinchingly confident. He was unparalleled here as he played the role to the frighteningly convincing degree. He went to all new levels of cool by being the maniac anarchist of epic proportions in this cult classic.
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
A tough conflicting charming role of a man who starts aging backward which became Pitt’s best ever. Never has he known the character so well and portrayed it with such emotions. Brad was every bit convincing as a young minded 7 year old as he was as a small kid plagued by Alzheimer’s. It’s sad that he remains uncrowded by the Academy for acting in spite of such powerhouse performance.
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The James Clayton Column: In praise of Brad Pitt
James Clayton
Sep 21, 2012
Ahead of Brad Pitt’s new film, Killing Them Softly, James reminds us why we should admire his acting and not his celebrity status…
What do you think of when you see the words ‘Brad Pitt’? Do you get images of a tuxedo-wearing man on a red carpet flanked by Angelina Jolie and a swarm of paparazzi? If so you get no points. In fact in this test you get a fail. Fail. You lose.
“You think losing is fun?” asks Pitt himself in the film Moneyball. The answer should be no, losing is not fun, so pay attention and learn how to pass my silly test next time I spring it on you.
Really, the mention of His Pittness should send you down a kaleidoscope stream of memories from an eclectic array of modern cinema masterpieces and have you recalling a ream of exceptional acting performances. It should not have you picturing glossy magazine pages and celebrity shindigs though, sadly, that’s probably the most common response to hearing or reading the man’s name.
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What do you think of when you see the words ‘Brad Pitt’? Do you get images of a tuxedo-wearing man on a red carpet flanked by Angelina Jolie and a swarm of paparazzi? If so you get no points. In fact in this test you get a fail. Fail. You lose.
“You think losing is fun?” asks Pitt himself in the film Moneyball. The answer should be no, losing is not fun, so pay attention and learn how to pass my silly test next time I spring it on you.
Really, the mention of His Pittness should send you down a kaleidoscope stream of memories from an eclectic array of modern cinema masterpieces and have you recalling a ream of exceptional acting performances. It should not have you picturing glossy magazine pages and celebrity shindigs though, sadly, that’s probably the most common response to hearing or reading the man’s name.
This sorry state of affairs offends me, and I’m aggrieved that Pitt is most popularly perceived as a celebrity and not as an actor or even as a human being (I’m assuming that he’s a human being and not a hologram). I’m vexed by the fame game and the media hoopla that configures this screen icon as a ‘showbiz star’ and focuses on what I believe is the wrong stuff - his personal life, the frivolous flim-flam around show business and other superficial, cosmetic concerns.
This happens to numerous great actors such as George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise and Ryan Gosling as a few male examples. Outstanding artistic achievements are overlooked or ignored because people busy their minds with gossip and the trivialities that gossip rags and feeble chat shows generically trade in.
It’s probably accurate to say that Brad Pitt is at the extreme end of this tragic phenomenon as the subject receiving the most tabloid media scrutiny, afflicted most by a mass empty mind stuck in unwholesome ‘juicy gossip’ mode.
I struggle to get my head around this and as a cineaste and fan of Pitt’s motion picture work I feel sad. It saddens that great swathes of people are more interested in ‘Brangelina’, their cosmopolitan collection of adopted and non-adopted children, Pitt’s past relationships, his hunk status and his public appearances than in his actual movies.
It saddens me to hear him namechecked in an irritating Shania Twain song. It saddens me to think that more people care about these insubstantial, pretty meaningless things than the imminent arrival of Killing Them Softly.
Andrew Dominik’s new crime film is an exciting prospect and features Pitt in the lead role as a cigarette smoking, shotgun-toting slick streak of swagger named Jackie Cogan. It hits me as a very cool proposition - way too edgy for most cosy housewife publications’ tastes - and I’m expecting another superb Pitt performance among an ensemble cast.
It’d be nice if people turned up in droves to see Killing Them Softly and appreciate the actor’s dramatic brilliance. I’m not optimistic, however, and past evidence suggests that the prevailing popular mindset is keen to cling to the ‘A-List Superstar’ image in spite of the sublime Pitt’s consistent high standard across an eclectic array of potent movies.
How can I remedy this? I thought about forming an underground Pitt Club, which would allow us to unite in solidarity against the asinine modern world and rage against the mainstream consumerist system that undermines essential values and our primal masculine hero. Ultimately however - as appealingly cathartic as it’d be to get in touch with our inner Tyler Durden - communal fight nights and Project Mayhem-style bombings would only amount to ineffective, pointless violence.
I also looked to Pitt’s Aldo Raine of Inglourious Basterds for inspiration, but scalping tabloid hacks, paparazzi and daytime TV personalities seems slightly excessive. All I can do, therefore, is write a gushy eulogy to the prolific, estimable actor with a few nods to his extensive filmography to hammer home the point that Pitt is the shit. You’re looking at that eulogy right now, dear reader, if you are indeed still reading and haven’t gone to glance at the photos of Pitt and Jolie at the Killing Them Softly premiere in OMG! Magazine.
Running through Pitt’s oeuvre reaffirms my belief that he’s one of the most important figures in recent film history and a true icon of modern American cinema. He’s starred in some of the most highly acclaimed movies of the past 20 years and makes his mark on them as a captivating presence, even when he’s just one supporting strand in a star-studded weave. His speciality is excelling and making an impression in smaller roles, mixed in the midst of an amazing ensemble cast (True Romance, Snatch, Inglourious Basterds, etc.).
It’s one of the qualities that leads me view to Pitt as a contemporary kindred spirit to Steve McQueen. He has a magnetic machismo - a charismatic presence that dominates the screen regardless of what or who else in the frame. Pitt seems to have a constant hungry energy about him and this is most explicit in Moneyball and Burn After Reading where his characters never stop chewing. That momentum and ability as a team player brings out the best in those around him, as is clearly the case with his fellow Basterds and Jonah Hill’s metamorphosis into a serious actor worthy of an Oscar nomination in Moneyball.
As for his own range he’s worked the entire dramatic, personality and emotional spectrums from unhinged and anarchic (12 Monkeys, Fight Club) to austere brutality (The Tree Of Life) via comic and goofy (Burn After Reading, Snatch). See the significant shifts and character transformation he undergoes during David Fincher’s Se7en for a prime example of his essential adaptability in the course of one movie.
The handsome, hyper-masculine Pitt obviously appeals as an idealised male hero (Troy, the Ocean’s series, Killing Them Softly) but, as far as I’ve seen, he invests every single role with depth and creates characters with relatable humanity. His protagonists are complex, flawed people that feel real and it’s hard to picture anyone else portraying, say, Billy Beane, Benjamin Button or Jeffrey Goines.
Pitt gets under the skin and draws you in - an actor who’s always interesting to watch whether he’s playing a bozo gym bunny, a violent ‘50s suburban father or an insane animal rights activist. He makes you care about the character and the movie-world they inhabit, even if it’s something as obscure and baffling as The Tree Of Life or the baseball stat bonanza that is Moneyball.
I reckon that Pitt deserves praise as one of the greatest screen icons of our age. As I head off to see him shine in Killing Them Softly I’ll leave you with that question again: what do you think of when you see the words ‘Brad Pitt’?
not mine.credit and source: DEN OF GEEK
Sep 21, 2012
Ahead of Brad Pitt’s new film, Killing Them Softly, James reminds us why we should admire his acting and not his celebrity status…
What do you think of when you see the words ‘Brad Pitt’? Do you get images of a tuxedo-wearing man on a red carpet flanked by Angelina Jolie and a swarm of paparazzi? If so you get no points. In fact in this test you get a fail. Fail. You lose.
“You think losing is fun?” asks Pitt himself in the film Moneyball. The answer should be no, losing is not fun, so pay attention and learn how to pass my silly test next time I spring it on you.
Really, the mention of His Pittness should send you down a kaleidoscope stream of memories from an eclectic array of modern cinema masterpieces and have you recalling a ream of exceptional acting performances. It should not have you picturing glossy magazine pages and celebrity shindigs though, sadly, that’s probably the most common response to hearing or reading the man’s name.
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8 COMMENTS
What do you think of when you see the words ‘Brad Pitt’? Do you get images of a tuxedo-wearing man on a red carpet flanked by Angelina Jolie and a swarm of paparazzi? If so you get no points. In fact in this test you get a fail. Fail. You lose.
“You think losing is fun?” asks Pitt himself in the film Moneyball. The answer should be no, losing is not fun, so pay attention and learn how to pass my silly test next time I spring it on you.
Really, the mention of His Pittness should send you down a kaleidoscope stream of memories from an eclectic array of modern cinema masterpieces and have you recalling a ream of exceptional acting performances. It should not have you picturing glossy magazine pages and celebrity shindigs though, sadly, that’s probably the most common response to hearing or reading the man’s name.
This sorry state of affairs offends me, and I’m aggrieved that Pitt is most popularly perceived as a celebrity and not as an actor or even as a human being (I’m assuming that he’s a human being and not a hologram). I’m vexed by the fame game and the media hoopla that configures this screen icon as a ‘showbiz star’ and focuses on what I believe is the wrong stuff - his personal life, the frivolous flim-flam around show business and other superficial, cosmetic concerns.
This happens to numerous great actors such as George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise and Ryan Gosling as a few male examples. Outstanding artistic achievements are overlooked or ignored because people busy their minds with gossip and the trivialities that gossip rags and feeble chat shows generically trade in.
It’s probably accurate to say that Brad Pitt is at the extreme end of this tragic phenomenon as the subject receiving the most tabloid media scrutiny, afflicted most by a mass empty mind stuck in unwholesome ‘juicy gossip’ mode.
I struggle to get my head around this and as a cineaste and fan of Pitt’s motion picture work I feel sad. It saddens that great swathes of people are more interested in ‘Brangelina’, their cosmopolitan collection of adopted and non-adopted children, Pitt’s past relationships, his hunk status and his public appearances than in his actual movies.
It saddens me to hear him namechecked in an irritating Shania Twain song. It saddens me to think that more people care about these insubstantial, pretty meaningless things than the imminent arrival of Killing Them Softly.
Andrew Dominik’s new crime film is an exciting prospect and features Pitt in the lead role as a cigarette smoking, shotgun-toting slick streak of swagger named Jackie Cogan. It hits me as a very cool proposition - way too edgy for most cosy housewife publications’ tastes - and I’m expecting another superb Pitt performance among an ensemble cast.
It’d be nice if people turned up in droves to see Killing Them Softly and appreciate the actor’s dramatic brilliance. I’m not optimistic, however, and past evidence suggests that the prevailing popular mindset is keen to cling to the ‘A-List Superstar’ image in spite of the sublime Pitt’s consistent high standard across an eclectic array of potent movies.
How can I remedy this? I thought about forming an underground Pitt Club, which would allow us to unite in solidarity against the asinine modern world and rage against the mainstream consumerist system that undermines essential values and our primal masculine hero. Ultimately however - as appealingly cathartic as it’d be to get in touch with our inner Tyler Durden - communal fight nights and Project Mayhem-style bombings would only amount to ineffective, pointless violence.
I also looked to Pitt’s Aldo Raine of Inglourious Basterds for inspiration, but scalping tabloid hacks, paparazzi and daytime TV personalities seems slightly excessive. All I can do, therefore, is write a gushy eulogy to the prolific, estimable actor with a few nods to his extensive filmography to hammer home the point that Pitt is the shit. You’re looking at that eulogy right now, dear reader, if you are indeed still reading and haven’t gone to glance at the photos of Pitt and Jolie at the Killing Them Softly premiere in OMG! Magazine.
Running through Pitt’s oeuvre reaffirms my belief that he’s one of the most important figures in recent film history and a true icon of modern American cinema. He’s starred in some of the most highly acclaimed movies of the past 20 years and makes his mark on them as a captivating presence, even when he’s just one supporting strand in a star-studded weave. His speciality is excelling and making an impression in smaller roles, mixed in the midst of an amazing ensemble cast (True Romance, Snatch, Inglourious Basterds, etc.).
It’s one of the qualities that leads me view to Pitt as a contemporary kindred spirit to Steve McQueen. He has a magnetic machismo - a charismatic presence that dominates the screen regardless of what or who else in the frame. Pitt seems to have a constant hungry energy about him and this is most explicit in Moneyball and Burn After Reading where his characters never stop chewing. That momentum and ability as a team player brings out the best in those around him, as is clearly the case with his fellow Basterds and Jonah Hill’s metamorphosis into a serious actor worthy of an Oscar nomination in Moneyball.
As for his own range he’s worked the entire dramatic, personality and emotional spectrums from unhinged and anarchic (12 Monkeys, Fight Club) to austere brutality (The Tree Of Life) via comic and goofy (Burn After Reading, Snatch). See the significant shifts and character transformation he undergoes during David Fincher’s Se7en for a prime example of his essential adaptability in the course of one movie.
The handsome, hyper-masculine Pitt obviously appeals as an idealised male hero (Troy, the Ocean’s series, Killing Them Softly) but, as far as I’ve seen, he invests every single role with depth and creates characters with relatable humanity. His protagonists are complex, flawed people that feel real and it’s hard to picture anyone else portraying, say, Billy Beane, Benjamin Button or Jeffrey Goines.
Pitt gets under the skin and draws you in - an actor who’s always interesting to watch whether he’s playing a bozo gym bunny, a violent ‘50s suburban father or an insane animal rights activist. He makes you care about the character and the movie-world they inhabit, even if it’s something as obscure and baffling as The Tree Of Life or the baseball stat bonanza that is Moneyball.
I reckon that Pitt deserves praise as one of the greatest screen icons of our age. As I head off to see him shine in Killing Them Softly I’ll leave you with that question again: what do you think of when you see the words ‘Brad Pitt’?
not mine.credit and source: DEN OF GEEK
Friday, November 25, 2016
Review: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard as sentimental spies in 'Allied'
Fred Hawson
Posted at Nov 25 2016 11:47 AM
We all first heard about this movie when it had the unfortunate association with the biggest breakup news in Hollywood this year -- the divorce of power-couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. One of the reasons being floated was an alleged affair of Pitt with his co-star in the film, French actress Marion Cotillard. This had shades of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" (2005), incidentally also a film about married spies, where Brad Pitt dumped Jennifer Aniston in favor of his co-star Jolie. Gossip aside, the quality of this film looked outstanding based from the trailers alone. This was THE movie to watch this week.
It was 1942. Canadian intelligence officer Max Vatan got together with French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour in Casablanca, Morocco. They pretended to be husband and wife in order to infiltrate a German function to execute a dangerous mission together. The couple fell in love for real, got married in London, and had a child. However, Max was presented with military intel that threatened their blissful union. Defying his orders, Max is determined to fix the problem in his own way.
The first thing that really strikes you with this film is its glossy and lush cinematography by Don Burgess (Oscar winner for "Forrest Gump," 1994). This is clearly reminiscent of big epic romantic films in the past like "The English Patient". The desert scenes were sweeping and breathtaking, as was the love scene in the car during a sandstorm. The production design (by Gary Freeman) and costume designs (by Joanna Johnston) were also of Oscar-worthy quality and elegance. The lead actors both have qualities of Old Hollywood glamour which completes the film's captivating look of cinematic prestige.
Even now in his 50s, Brad Pitt can still do these romantic lead roles very well. The camera loves his visage and he looked impeccable whatever he was wearing, be it just undershirts or a formal tuxedo or a full uniform. He has been in a couple of other World War II films just recently, "Inglorious Basterds" (2009) and "Fury" (2014), so he fit into this role quite smoothly. He was also able to handle creditably the dramatic requirements of the role, that of a desperate husband who had to secretly find a way to save his marriage and still make everything look normal on the surface.
Marion Cotillard was gorgeous and vibrant as her character was supposed to be. Her depth as an actress was in full display here in a complex role, enhanced by her fashionable outfits and radiant smile. She owned the Morocco scenes with her magnetic outgoing screen presence. It was too bad that her role somewhat got curtailed when the story moved to London, but her Marianne was clearly the driving inspiration behind Max's every action even if we do not see her on screen.
Director Robert Zemeckis should be credited for the incredible suspense he had created in the last sequences of this film. He took his time, which had us all hanging on to the edges of our seats as he built-up to the emotional and sentimental climax. This sentimentality was what won Zemeckis the Oscar for "Forrest Gump" (1994) after all. He also used the mirror a lot for many of his scenes, probably hinting on the illusions spies have to create in their line of work, hence some imaginative blocking and camera angles were employed.
Overall, I thought this film was engaging on a visual and emotional level. The beauty of the landscape and the actors will transport you to another place and time as only Hollywood can. This extreme glamour may keep you distant but you will be kept interested and hanging on up to its ultimate resolution. Admittedly, the romance part could have been better built up in the first act especially with Max's cold detached personality making chemistry difficult. Definitely though, the wartime intrigue and mystery investigation give the film the spice and excitement it needs later in the game. 8/10
This review was originally published in the author's blog, "Fred Said."
not mine.credit and source: ABS-CBN
Posted at Nov 25 2016 11:47 AM
We all first heard about this movie when it had the unfortunate association with the biggest breakup news in Hollywood this year -- the divorce of power-couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. One of the reasons being floated was an alleged affair of Pitt with his co-star in the film, French actress Marion Cotillard. This had shades of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" (2005), incidentally also a film about married spies, where Brad Pitt dumped Jennifer Aniston in favor of his co-star Jolie. Gossip aside, the quality of this film looked outstanding based from the trailers alone. This was THE movie to watch this week.
It was 1942. Canadian intelligence officer Max Vatan got together with French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour in Casablanca, Morocco. They pretended to be husband and wife in order to infiltrate a German function to execute a dangerous mission together. The couple fell in love for real, got married in London, and had a child. However, Max was presented with military intel that threatened their blissful union. Defying his orders, Max is determined to fix the problem in his own way.
The first thing that really strikes you with this film is its glossy and lush cinematography by Don Burgess (Oscar winner for "Forrest Gump," 1994). This is clearly reminiscent of big epic romantic films in the past like "The English Patient". The desert scenes were sweeping and breathtaking, as was the love scene in the car during a sandstorm. The production design (by Gary Freeman) and costume designs (by Joanna Johnston) were also of Oscar-worthy quality and elegance. The lead actors both have qualities of Old Hollywood glamour which completes the film's captivating look of cinematic prestige.
Even now in his 50s, Brad Pitt can still do these romantic lead roles very well. The camera loves his visage and he looked impeccable whatever he was wearing, be it just undershirts or a formal tuxedo or a full uniform. He has been in a couple of other World War II films just recently, "Inglorious Basterds" (2009) and "Fury" (2014), so he fit into this role quite smoothly. He was also able to handle creditably the dramatic requirements of the role, that of a desperate husband who had to secretly find a way to save his marriage and still make everything look normal on the surface.
Marion Cotillard was gorgeous and vibrant as her character was supposed to be. Her depth as an actress was in full display here in a complex role, enhanced by her fashionable outfits and radiant smile. She owned the Morocco scenes with her magnetic outgoing screen presence. It was too bad that her role somewhat got curtailed when the story moved to London, but her Marianne was clearly the driving inspiration behind Max's every action even if we do not see her on screen.
Director Robert Zemeckis should be credited for the incredible suspense he had created in the last sequences of this film. He took his time, which had us all hanging on to the edges of our seats as he built-up to the emotional and sentimental climax. This sentimentality was what won Zemeckis the Oscar for "Forrest Gump" (1994) after all. He also used the mirror a lot for many of his scenes, probably hinting on the illusions spies have to create in their line of work, hence some imaginative blocking and camera angles were employed.
Overall, I thought this film was engaging on a visual and emotional level. The beauty of the landscape and the actors will transport you to another place and time as only Hollywood can. This extreme glamour may keep you distant but you will be kept interested and hanging on up to its ultimate resolution. Admittedly, the romance part could have been better built up in the first act especially with Max's cold detached personality making chemistry difficult. Definitely though, the wartime intrigue and mystery investigation give the film the spice and excitement it needs later in the game. 8/10
This review was originally published in the author's blog, "Fred Said."
not mine.credit and source: ABS-CBN
Thursday, November 24, 2016
How Brad Pitt Changed Hollywood Action Movies
By Mack Rawden
2 years ago
Back in the 1980s, Hollywood action movies preferred their male leads to have gigantic arms. They wanted Hulk Hogan lookalikes with Popeye biceps who could conceivably one punch any human being into a coma. More recently, however, the standard of badass bodies has changed quite a bit. Now, Hollywood action movies prefer their male leads to have more chiseled stomachs and well-defined features. Why the change? Well, apparently Brad Pitt had a whole lot to do with it.
It sounds counterintuitive, but instead of gaining weight to play the muscular Fight Club star Tyler Durden, he actually shed pounds. Audiences couldn’t tell that on the big screen. Instead, they simply saw a dude who was as cut as possible, and that role completely changed the game for both actors and stars looking to land parts as physically intimidating alpha males.
And here’s what trainer to the stars Mark Twight told Men’s Journal about that lean, hungry body…
"Everyone thought he was huge, but he was, like, 155 pounds. If you strip away fat and get guys to 3, 4 percent body fat, they look huge without necessarily being huge."
Twight isn’t the only one who saw his body as a gamechanger either. Every single trainer interviewed for the magazine’s exhaustive story on the evolving masculine body in Hollywood openly spoke about Pitt’s influence and how they still strive to make their clients look like he did in Fight Club. Why? Because it’s actually way easier to do. Actors often spend about two months or so getting in shape for action films. That abbreviated time schedule doesn’t allow the necessary workouts for the actors to put on ten or fifteen pounds of straight muscle, no matter how hard they try. So, trainers instead push "calorie-conscious diets and exercises" that can drop body mass indexes and let the camera capture the muscle naturally embedded beneath the stomach.
The alteration has been a giant blessing for many actors who couldn't have otherwise done action movies, and it's been a bit of a blow to the big hulking dudes who normally would have cleaned up on all of those roles. That being said, it seems like in a perfect world, there will always be a place for both of those groups. Now, the landscape has just changed enough where no one can get the lead role in a blockbuster film based on his body alone.
For most actors, inspiring much of Hollywood to change its shape would be enough of a legacy, but Pitt didn’t stop there. Apparently, he added one little extra flourish to the whole process. Just seconds before filming for Snatch and many of his other films, Pitt would drop to the ground and start firing off push-ups. At the time, those on the set apparently thought he was showing off, but actually, he was increasing blood flow to his arms and various other muscles so as to look as jacked as possible for the final cut. Now, that pre-shot routine is standard operating procedure for action movies.
Let me just sum up this entire conversation by saying Brad Pitt is a total badass, and if you haven’t seen Fight Club before, you should drop what you’re doing and go knock that out right now.
not mine.credit and source: CINEMABLEND
2 years ago
Back in the 1980s, Hollywood action movies preferred their male leads to have gigantic arms. They wanted Hulk Hogan lookalikes with Popeye biceps who could conceivably one punch any human being into a coma. More recently, however, the standard of badass bodies has changed quite a bit. Now, Hollywood action movies prefer their male leads to have more chiseled stomachs and well-defined features. Why the change? Well, apparently Brad Pitt had a whole lot to do with it.
It sounds counterintuitive, but instead of gaining weight to play the muscular Fight Club star Tyler Durden, he actually shed pounds. Audiences couldn’t tell that on the big screen. Instead, they simply saw a dude who was as cut as possible, and that role completely changed the game for both actors and stars looking to land parts as physically intimidating alpha males.
And here’s what trainer to the stars Mark Twight told Men’s Journal about that lean, hungry body…
"Everyone thought he was huge, but he was, like, 155 pounds. If you strip away fat and get guys to 3, 4 percent body fat, they look huge without necessarily being huge."
Twight isn’t the only one who saw his body as a gamechanger either. Every single trainer interviewed for the magazine’s exhaustive story on the evolving masculine body in Hollywood openly spoke about Pitt’s influence and how they still strive to make their clients look like he did in Fight Club. Why? Because it’s actually way easier to do. Actors often spend about two months or so getting in shape for action films. That abbreviated time schedule doesn’t allow the necessary workouts for the actors to put on ten or fifteen pounds of straight muscle, no matter how hard they try. So, trainers instead push "calorie-conscious diets and exercises" that can drop body mass indexes and let the camera capture the muscle naturally embedded beneath the stomach.
The alteration has been a giant blessing for many actors who couldn't have otherwise done action movies, and it's been a bit of a blow to the big hulking dudes who normally would have cleaned up on all of those roles. That being said, it seems like in a perfect world, there will always be a place for both of those groups. Now, the landscape has just changed enough where no one can get the lead role in a blockbuster film based on his body alone.
For most actors, inspiring much of Hollywood to change its shape would be enough of a legacy, but Pitt didn’t stop there. Apparently, he added one little extra flourish to the whole process. Just seconds before filming for Snatch and many of his other films, Pitt would drop to the ground and start firing off push-ups. At the time, those on the set apparently thought he was showing off, but actually, he was increasing blood flow to his arms and various other muscles so as to look as jacked as possible for the final cut. Now, that pre-shot routine is standard operating procedure for action movies.
Let me just sum up this entire conversation by saying Brad Pitt is a total badass, and if you haven’t seen Fight Club before, you should drop what you’re doing and go knock that out right now.
not mine.credit and source: CINEMABLEND
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard Turn the Allied Premiere into Colorblock Heaven
NOVEMBER 21, 2016 @ 9:15 AM
BY: MEGHAN OVERDEEP
After stops in the U.S. and Asia, on Sunday night Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt's whirlwind Allied promo tour landed them in Cotillard's hometown: Paris.
Cotillard, who is pregnant with her second child, dressed her blossoming baby bump in a crimson one-shoulder Dior dress. The radiant free-flowing gown featured a single long sleeve and a modest knee-grazing slit and hinted subtly at the 41-year-old's changing silhouette beneath it. For the chilly November night, the Oscar winner styled her brown strands in fuss-free waves and opted for a low-key pink pout and slight smokey eye.
Beside her—just one week after making his solo red carpet debut since confirming his split from Angelina Jolie—Pitt, 52, looked every bit the leading man in a sharp navy suit with a matching overcoat and scarf draped artfully over his lapels.
A sweeping romantic thriller, Allied tells the story of an American intelligence officer (Pitt) who falls in love with a French Resistance fighter (played by Cotillard) while on a mission in North Africa during WWII.
Allied storms into theaters this week, on Nov. 23.
not mine.credit and source: IN STYLE
BY: MEGHAN OVERDEEP
After stops in the U.S. and Asia, on Sunday night Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt's whirlwind Allied promo tour landed them in Cotillard's hometown: Paris.
Cotillard, who is pregnant with her second child, dressed her blossoming baby bump in a crimson one-shoulder Dior dress. The radiant free-flowing gown featured a single long sleeve and a modest knee-grazing slit and hinted subtly at the 41-year-old's changing silhouette beneath it. For the chilly November night, the Oscar winner styled her brown strands in fuss-free waves and opted for a low-key pink pout and slight smokey eye.
Beside her—just one week after making his solo red carpet debut since confirming his split from Angelina Jolie—Pitt, 52, looked every bit the leading man in a sharp navy suit with a matching overcoat and scarf draped artfully over his lapels.
A sweeping romantic thriller, Allied tells the story of an American intelligence officer (Pitt) who falls in love with a French Resistance fighter (played by Cotillard) while on a mission in North Africa during WWII.
Allied storms into theaters this week, on Nov. 23.
not mine.credit and source: IN STYLE
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