Why Frédéric Mitterrand is preparing a book on Brad Pitt

Alexis Patri 3:00 p.m., April 03, 2022

INTERVIEW

A photo of Brad Pitt, a fact sheet on the actor, and stacks of books and magazines about him.

This collection of objects on the comedian who won the Oscar for best actor in 2020 is neither on the desk of a teenager, nor on that of a film journalist.

But on the desk of a former Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand.

A discovery that Nicolas Carreau shares with us on Sunday on his show 

.

The journalist from Europe 1 went to explore the library of the writer, nephew of François Mitterrand.

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If Frédéric Mitterrand is interested in Brad Pitt, it is because he has decided to devote his next book to him.

"I have to change a little. I spent three years on my

, "recalls the writer.

"Through my stories, I am always looking for the ordinary hero, the real nice guy. The real boy, the one who is brave, nice, honest. A little adventurous too. Among my friends, I believe I have two or three . And cinematically, basically, I have one: it's Brad Pitt."

"A lot of things about him interest me"

The American actor and the former Minister of Culture have never met.

But Frédéric Mitterrand provided an important research work.

"I saw him in a lot of films and I learned a lot about his life. He is quite rare in interviews," he observes.

"But I still managed to learn a lot about him that interests me."

From the long filmography of Brad Pitt, Frédéric Mitterrand retains first 

, with Robert Redford.

"It's a film so against the grain of everything we do in Hollywood. And, at the same time, it's a film that worked," he recalls.

"There are always other people we don't know, but who are like us, against the grain. And sometimes, we meet them."

Failing to have ever met him, Frédéric Mitterrand devotes his next book to him.