Brad Pitt Movie Trivia

Brad Pitt Movie Trivia is as follows:

• Auditioned for the role of "J.D." in the 1988 cult classic film Heathers and, even after showing his talent, casting directors thought him to be "too sweet" for the role, which later went to Christian Slater. He later played a similar role in the horror film Cutting Class in 1989.
  
• In 1996, after a five-years of searching, all of the lost footage of The Dark Side of Sun was found and returned to producer Andjelo Arandjelovic, who was working on getting a distribution deal. Brad Pitt was paid $1,523 per week for seven weeks.
  
• He was the third choice for the role of J.D. in Thelma & Louise in 1991.
  
• In 1991 Brad Pitt was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43.
  
• A short while after completing A River Runs Through It (1992), he went to Amsterdam where he lived for three months all by himself in a small basement apartment before returning to the USA to film Kalifornia (1993).
  
• He and his Ocean's Eleven (2001) and Ocean's Twelve (2004) co- stars, Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Elliott Gould, have guest-starred on the TV show "Friends" in 1994 but not in the same episodes.
  
• In 1995 Brad Pitt turned down a role as an astronaut in Apollo 13 to accept his role in Se7en.
  
• He was considered for the lead role in The Matrix in 1999.
  
• After watching Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Pitt asked director Guy Ritchie if he could be in his next film. But he couldn't master the English accent, so Ritchie gave him the role of Mickey the One Punch Pikey, an Irish fighter, in Snatch in 2000.
  
• Without being asked, he made an appearance on MTV's "Jackass" in 2000 where he did stunts with the cast, dressed in an ape outfit.
  
• He made a cameo appearance with Matt Damon for free in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as a favor to Ocean's Eleven costar and close friend George Clooney who was making his directorial debut.
  
• He owns the rights to the Hong Kong thriller Mou gaan dou. He wanted it to be remade with he and Tom Cruise in the leading roles.
  
• In 2003 he tore his tendon during the production of Troy. His injury caused the production of Ocean's Twelve (2004) to be pushed back to April 2004.
  
• Wanted to play Darcy in Bride & Prejudice (2004), but wasn't able to work out the filming dates.
  
• He was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Actor category for his performance in the film Troy (2004). He did not receive a nomination, however.
  
• He has appeared in three movies with the number seven in the title (Se7en (1995), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)).
  
• He has also appeared in two movies with the number twelve in the title, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Twelve Monkeys (1995). His favorite movies are Planet of the Apes (1968) and Saturday Night Fever (1977).
  
• Dianne Wiest is his favorite actress.
  
• Has appeared in eight movies with a number in the title and only one of them uses an actual number rather than spelling the word out that is Se7en, which is a combination of the two. He has appeared in 1 movie with the number Zero in the title, 1 with the number Two in the title, 3 with the number Seven in the title, 1 with the number Eleven and 2 with the Twelve.
  
• Was considered for two roles which went to Johnny Depp: Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Both were directed by Tim Burton.
  
• Initially didn't want to appear in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), although it was he who gave the script to director Doug Liman.
  
• Originally cast as Colin Sullivan in The Departed (2006), but later dropped out.
• Has been in 7 movies where the title contains the name of the character he plays: Johnny Suede (1991), Meet Joe Black (1998), Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Chad Schmidt (2010).
  
• Considered for the role in Crimson Tide (1995) that eventually went to 'Denzel Washington'.
  
• Was trained to handle weapons by renowned Hollywood gun coach Thell Reed, who has also trained such actors as Val Kilmer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Sam Elliot, Girard Swan, Ben Foster and Kurt Russell.
  
• He and Russell Crowe were director Ridley Scott's first two choices for the lead in American Gangster (2007). Crowe was eventually cast.
  
• Used to act at the Vandevort Theater in Springfield, Missouri.