Brad Pitt was
born on December 18th, 1963 in Shawnee Oklahoma. Brad was
the oldest of three children in his family. His mother was
a school counsellor and his father owned a trucking firm.
It wasn't long at all until his family moved to Springfield,
Missouri, it was there that Brad spent his highschool years
at Kickapoo highschool. Brad was active on various sports
teams, a member of the choir as well as being a key figure
on his debate club, on top of all that Brad was a big part
of the student government. Brad's childhood was fairly normal,
happy family, lots of friends, camping trips, but there was
one thing about Brad that made him unique, he loved movies!
Brad was a full blown movie buff right from the get go. He
often spent time at the drive in theatre with his family and
friends.
Brad attended the university
of Missouri, and his majors were journalism and advertising.
He was a hard worker in university but "Got into enough
trouble to keep things interesting," as he puts it. Leaving
college two credit hours short of graduation, Brad hopped
in his car named "runaround Sue" and was bound for
California. Brad arrived in Los Angeles, and a new life had
started for him. He was young and ambitious and had $325 in
his wallet.
Brad was looking for work.
His first job of his 'new life' was handing out free cigarette
samples in front of a restaurant dressed as a big chicken.
With whatever money he could salvage went to his community
theatre acting lessons. Slowly Brad worked his way into television
and soon after the film industry. Brad's first feature film
role was as a cowboy in the 1991 Thelma and Louise. Although
this movie only provided the young star with 14 minutes of
screen time Brad made such an impact that you could have guessed
that in a few short years he would be one of Hollywood's top
actors.
Brad's future was picking
up at this point. He was soon cast in 'A River Runs Through
It', and then a huge starring role alongside Tom Cruise in
'Interview With the Vampire.' With Brad's popularity rising
like wildfire, he was soon named 'Sexiest Man Alive' by People
Magazine. While Brad was on the scene of his next hit 'Seven'
he fell for his co-star Gwyneth Paltrow. (This would be the
seventh time he has fallen for a co-star.) It was while Brad
and Gwyneth were on a vacation, that their privacy was violated.
The couple was sunbathing in the nude when a photographer
with a telephoto lens snapped some pictures. These pictures
were distributed among magazines and newspapers across all
of Europe, and eventually ended up in 'Playgirl' magazine.
This puts no roadblock in the romance between the two, as
they announce their engagement in January of 1997. Brad's
career doesn't slow down though, he films the epic hit 'Seven
Years in Tibet' and also 'The Devil's Own' where he stars
alongside Harrison Ford. In June of 1997, Gwyneth Paltrow
and Brad announce their mutual end to a 2 1/2 year relationship.
Although no reasons were given some rumors state that one
or both parties may have been involved in extracurricular
relationships. Although things are different for him now,
Brad continues the flow of movies as his career and popularity
increases.
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