Brad Pitt, the golden boy from Missouri, who moved to California at the age of 22 and became the biggest movie star in the world. Reportedly making nearly $20 million on film, he was twice part of one of the most famous romances on the planet, He can't go anywhere without being chased by the paparazzi."

This is what the American writer and novelist Otesa Mishvig, who met Pete at his Hollywood Hills home in early August 2022, says.

Adding that, "He is 58 years old now, after nearly 6 years of a difficult divorce from Angelina Jolie, in which he quit alcohol; then he soon gave up smoking during the Corona epidemic, among the many radical changes he made to his health during the few years." past".

After Jolie filed for divorce in 2016, he became sober and spent a year and a half attending sessions for alcoholics.

After we saw him less than before, "and he appeared on screen sporadically, playing characters that are often unexpected, focusing more on film production, and disappointing our assumptions about him as a movie star for 30 years";

Here he is back with a comedy action movie, showing a new side of his talent, and reminding us of his beautiful diversity.

A wonderful blend of drama and wit

Pete says about his new movie "Bullet Train", which was filmed in Los Angeles in the middle of the Corona epidemic;

It "may be a pleasant summer, but it also, conceals within it the theme of fate and free will."

And the film's director, David Leitch, said, "They wanted to make a quiet, fresh and innovative entertainment movie that would make people want to go back to the movies."

Indeed, the film began showing on August 5, 2022, sweeping the box office, with revenues of about $ 115 million, after the first two days of its presentation around the world;

Brad Pitt plays a serial killer in a strange hat and large glasses, and boards a train full of assassins;

Having just recovered from his fatigue, he's back at his high-stakes job as he tries to convince himself that he's fit to take on other killers and try to steal a bag full of cash.

She's the kind of person familiar to Pete, a lovable goofball as his code name (Lady Bug), eccentric;

So he performs it with charming ease, not without a sense of ironic humour;

That spirit, which "earned him a unique and enduring place in Hollywood", is reminiscent of some of his recent roles "which proved to be a very good dramatic actor, but better at comedy as well".

According to film critic Karen James.

Bullet Train isn't a movie without Brad Pitt. It's fun when Lady Bug, or Ladybug, becomes entangled with two British assassins (Brian Tyree Henry and Aaron Taylor Johnson), two actors who are perfectly aligned with Pitt;

"But sometimes it gets flat, because the rest of the roles and the cast lack his ironic sharpness," James says.

One of the last remaining movie stars

Pitt carried this genius combination of drama and comedy to other films, in roles such as Cliff Booth, the acrobatic businessman in 2019's Once Upon a Time in.. Hollywood, which combined drama full of dry humor. And his mischievous smile, and he won an Oscar.

as well as the role of Lieutenant Aldo Wren, in which he combined humor and irony, on the themes of life and death, in "Inglourious Basterds" 2009. Both with director Quentin Tarantino, who described Pitt as "one of the last remaining movie stars; he is manly, Good-looking, lively, and a joke-maker."

As for Karen James, Pitt's stardom is attributed to this "serious and wonderful combination of drama and intelligence, which has earned him his sweet spot, his unique and enduring place in Hollywood, and his true, more complex strength from moving between the masks of comedy or tragedy, over the 3 decades; he built His image as a permanent and modern movie star, rather one of the best movie stars in the world, for the 21st century.

Lover of the philosophy of Jalal al-Din Rumi

Sitting next to a movie star in Los Angeles in 2022, Otessa was amazed;

You find it influenced by a Muslim poet from the 13th century.

"I realized that sitting with Pete is a completely different experience," says Otesa. "He's cute and attractive in many ways, but his appeal goes deeper when he seems so committed to making meaningful connections, always searching for meaning by meditating on the mysteries of existence and life, and listening to your personal stories. He wants to see your soul."

On his shoulder, in the poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi, he engraved the words, "There is a place, beyond all notions of right and wrong; I will meet you there."

He explained his feeling with this phrase, saying, "I have always felt very lonely in my life, as I grew up alone as a child, and I was alone outside the house, and I did not get enough embrace from my friends and family."

So, he is very sensitive to things, and loves music, explaining this by saying, "Because it fills me with great joy, after spending years suffering from depression, I was not allowed to seize the moments of joy, I thought our hearts were all broken."

A model for making a movie star

"Brad Pitt built his artistic glory, through his multiple films, and a clever PR strategy, which is a model for how to make a movie star," says James.

For example, the August issue of the magazine "GQ" (gq), included pictures of "Pete" eccentric and unexpected, and caused a sensation, as defying the luster of a brilliant star.

in one he looked pale, his eyes covered in paint;

Or he appeared on a watery bed of flowers, like a dead Ophelia.

Or his eyes were decked out with metallic silver makeup rays, with surreal backgrounds.

But Pete's approval was a smart move from him, showing us his sense of his image and career, as one of the stars who manage to keep viewers curious, about their lives.