15 Things You Didn't Know About Brad Pitt

fifteen things you didn't know about Brad Pitt welcome to a Lux calm the place where future billionaires come to get inspired hello a Luxor's and welcome to another captivating original video presented by Alex calm today we're talking about one of the most well known actors and producers in the world Brad Pitt he's enjoyed a long successful career in Hollywood so we want to take a closer look at the celebrity to reveal some interesting and surprising facts about him Brad Pitt was born December 18th 1963 in Shawnee Oklahoma his acting career began in 1987 when he was cast in uncredited parts in three films he also appeared on a few television shows including the soap opera another world growing pains and Dallas he first gained wide recognition for the 1991 film Thelma & Louise and has appeared in numerous hit movies since including seven Fight Club Ocean's eleven mister mrs. Smith World War Z and the big short Brad has also produced a number of films through his production company Plan B entertainment but more about that later he's had two high-profile marriages with Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie and has six children with Angelina three of which were adopted if you are new here welcome be sure to subscribe and follow us on instagram at Alex Brad's talent success lifestyle and long Hollywood career are a source of inspiration so let's find out more about this a list celebrity with the 15 things you didn't know about Brad Pitt number one his first job in Hollywood involved him wearing a chicken suit when Brad first came to Hollywood he didn't immediately break into acting and starring roles instead he was rejected at audition after audition and was forced to take a variety of different jobs so he could pay the rent he was a chauffeur for strippers and he was paid to move refrigerators but his very first gig in Hollywood was working at El Pollo Loco where he had to stand out on the sidewalk dressed in a large chicken suit and waved to potential customers fortunately it wasn't too long after this that he would get his big break and he could leave the chicken suit in the past number two he has Geena Davis to thank for his breakthrough role a young Brad Pitt was introduced to a much wider audience when he landed the role of JD in the film Thelma & Louise but there were actually two actors that were cast in the part before the role was eventually given to him Billy Baldwin was selected first but he dropped the part to take a role in the film backdraft then the role was given to another actor and then he dropped out too Pitt was asked to read for the role again with several different actors and Geena Davis who had been cast as Thelma Geena said that Pitt was so attractive in the audition that it made her mess up her lines when the director and the casting director were deliberating who to give the part to Geena jumped in and said the blonde one duh referring to Brad the directors listen to her input and Brad was put on the path to Hollywood stardom number three he dropped out of college Pitt enrolls in Missouri University in 1982 majoring in journalism with a focus in advertising with only two weeks left before graduation Brad dropped out of the University and went to California to chase his dream of becoming a professional actor number four he intentionally had his teeth chipped for the role in Fight Club Brad was so committed to his role of Tyler Durden in Fight Club that he went to the dentist and had his front teeth chipped for the part after production closed he went back and got them fixed number five he owns a 60 million dollar mansion in France Brad and Angelina owned a few homes they are likely to fight over in their divorce but the most impressive is a 60 million dollar thirty five bedroom chateau and vineyard in the South of France at Laval and levar the twelve hundred acre estate features tenant residences olive groves a moat a private lake and structures that were built in the 17th century the couple bought Chateau Miraval in 2008 and they began producing award-winning wines in their vineyard in 2012 this was also the location of Brad and Angelina's 2014 wedding although the family spends most of their time there Pitt speaks no French but his children speak it fluently number six he designed his own furniture line in 2008 furniture designer Frank Pilar Oh personally developed a custom desk that had commissioned to Brad's chateau in the South of France Brad and Frank got into a discussion about furniture and realized they had the same passion for fine details and perfection in design brad also showed Frank a sketchbook filled with hundreds of furniture designs he had created over the years this led to the two collaborating on a furniture line the Pitt Pilar o collection started with just a dozen pieces that were designed by Pitt and created by Pilar o the original collection which was released in 2012 included items such as a stone two-person bathtub a synthetic fur chair and a bed that took 2,600 hours alone to design and build each item was produced in a limited edition and they were individually signed and numbered they plan on releasing additional pieces in the future number 7 Melissa Etheridge taught him how to fly-fish a river runs through it was one of Brad's early successes and in this film he had to be an expert fly Fisher Brad wanted to practice for the part before auditioning so he asked his friend who grew up fly-fishing in the Midwest to teach him how to do it that friend was hit singer Melissa Etheridge and she taught him fly-fishing in her pool he also practiced fly-fishing off the roofs of buildings in Hollywood number eight Brad sued Playgirl after they published nude photos of him in 1996 Playgirl published nude photos of Brad in their August issue the nude photos were taken by a photographer who trespassed at a hotel on the island of Saint barthélemy and took unauthorized photos of Brad while he was vacationing there with his girlfriend at the time Gweneth Paltrow Brad sued Playgirl and a judge demanded that the magazine stop distributing the issue but the magazine had already been sent out to thousands of subscribers in 2017 Shania Twain said her 1997 hit that don't impress me much was inspired by the Pitt scandal Shania said she didn't understand what the big deal was about seeing someone naked and the thought that popped in her head was that don't impress me much she referenced Brad Pitt in her song since he was her inspiration number 9 Angelina Jolie bought Brad his dream car an Aston Martin Vanquish carbon edition Brad has loved Aston Martin's ever since he saw Sean Connery Drive ad b5 as James Bond in Goldfinger in 2015 Angelina surprised Brad with his dream car a $200,000 Aston Martin Vanquish carbon edition as a thank you for supporting her through her surgery and cancer scares other cars in Brad's collection include the Audi q7 BMW hydrogen 7 a custom Chevy Camaro SS and alexis LS 460 F sport number 10 he was the first male face of Chanel in 2012 Brad starred in a series of Chanel commercials becoming the first male face of the brand the ads which featured Brad delivering nonsensical lines against a grey backdrop were voted the worst ads of 2012 and were parodied by Saturday Night Live Brad was paid around 5.8 million dollars to appear in the ads it was Karl Lagerfeld's idea to hire Pitt but we doubt he expected that kind of reaction if you want to know more about the creative director and head designer of chanel click in the upper right-hand corner to watch our video of 15 things you didn't know about Karl Lagerfeld number 11 he got the plan B entertainment film company in his divorce from Jennifer Aniston Plan B entertainment is a film company that was founded in 2001 by Brad Pitt and his then wife Jennifer Aniston when pit and Aniston divorced in 2005 she got to keep their Beverly Hills mansion but he got the better end of the deal when he took sole ownership of Plan B the production company has been highly successful and three of their movies the departed 12 years of slave and moonlight have won Academy Awards for Best Picture the company is also responsible for Pitts only Oscar win which he received as the producer of 12 years of slave other notable films released by the company include Eat Pray Love Moneyball the big short and World War Z number 12 World War Z was his highest-grossing film although Pitts has started a number of box-office hits the highest-grossing film of his career thus far has been the 2013 zombie film World War Z the movie initially looked like it could be a failure as the release date was pushed back and at least an additional 15 million dollars was spent in an effort to improve the original completed film critics gave the film poor reviews but Pitts was reportedly not pleased with the final product however the film went on to make over 500 million dollars worldwide beating Brad's previous highest-grossing film Troy which brought in 497 million dollars worldwide back in 2004 World War Z 2 is set to be released in 2019 number thirteen he made over 86 thousand dollars per day in 2016 Pitt earned a total of 31 point five million dollars in 2016 which equals out to around six hundred thousand dollars per week or over eighty six thousand dollars per day most of his money was earned by acting in the big short and there were deal his production company made with Netflix who paid 60 million dollars to acquire Pitts 2017 film war machine 2016 was the first year since 2007 that Pitts past the thirty million dollar mark for income number fourteen he is Barack Obama's cousin in 2008 researchers at the New England historic Genealogical Society determined that Brad Pitt and Barack Obama are ninth cousins with their common ancestor being Edwin Hickman who died in Virginia in 1769 number 15 his favorite role was also his biggest film failure out of all the memorable roles Brad has ever played his favorite was playing Jesse James in the 2007 film the assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford the film was produced by Plan B entertainment and Pitt starred alongside Casey Affleck however the film was also Brad's greatest flop it brought in less than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars on its opening weekend and grossed a total of only four million dollars worldwide although it was a financial failure the film received positive reviews a high approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and it was listed in the top ten in over twenty reputable film critics lists of the top movies of 2007 now that you've learned more about Brad Pitt where do you think he ranks among the great actors of today let us know what you think in the comments still here here's a bonus pack just for you in 2013 Cadillac had the goal of tripling their sales in China by the year 2015 so they hired Brad Pitt to do a commercial for them that only aired in China Brad was paid three million dollars for the spot in which he doesn't say a word but is seen driving the Cadillac XTS around San Francisco thank you for spending some time with us a Luxor's make sure to LIKE and subscribe so you never miss another video we also hand-picked these videos which we recommend you watch next thank you for being an a lexer and we'll see you back tomorrow

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Length: 11min 27sec (687 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 09 2017