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Brad Pitt and George Clooney have appeared in many iconic films in their lifetimes, but the two veteran actors once auditioned for a seemingly feminist film really early in their careers.Thelma & Louise’scasting panel went with Brad Pitt, but what exactly happened in there?
While they have a great bromance on and off-screen, Brad Pitt ate away Clooney’s opportunity to shine on the silver screen in the 1991 adventure film that went on to win an Oscar for best screenplay out of a total of six nominations.
It was later found out by the lead actress — Geena Davis that Clooney lost out the part to Pitt when she accidentally met him. It’s all left to the audience’s imagination as to how Clooney would have looked taking his shirt off in the $45 million film.
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Brad Pitt’s Audition Impressed Lead Geena Davis
BothGeorge Clooneyand Brad Pitt were the final two candidates. The lead actress, surprisingly, could only remember the latter’s audition as she recalled being mesmerized by his appearance on the set.
“Each of them was very handsome. They all had brown hair and were very talented. I didn’t care who it was going to be. Then the fourth one comes in, and it’s Brad Pitt. He’s so charismatic and so incredibly talented that I was screwing up his audition,”she said onThe Graham Norton Showonce.
As per The Independent, she put in a good word forBrad Pittto the film’s casting directors – saying,“The blonde one!”It was that extra push from her that ousted Clooney.
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George Clooney Almost Played J.D InThelma & Louise
Working in aRidley Scottfilm has always been a dream for actors of every generation, but George Clooney losing J.D. inThelma & Louise(1991) made him hate Brad Pitt.
Lead actressGeena Davis, in the same interview, toldGraham Nortonthat there were so many that she forgot there was Clooney among them.
“And you didn’t remember him at all?”– asked Norton.“No!”– replied Davis.
Sitting next to Clooney on a flight once, Davis found out that he almost had the part.
“I [Davis] said, ‘Oh, did you want the part?’ He said, ‘You couldn’t tell when I auditioned with you?’”
It wasn’t long until George Clooney found his calling in NBC’s TV series ER wherein he played Dr. Doug Ross.
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TheOcean’strilogy never picked up on another sequel, but Gary Ross came with an all-female cast in the spin-offOcean’s 8in 2018.
Ocean’sfranchise is currently streaming on multiple streaming platforms.
Source:The Independent
Ojaswi Chaudhary
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Extremely passionate about a great story since the little guy was 8. He has lived through nothing short of almost 300 of Hollywood’s finest pieces of work, and is now creating some of his own here at FandomWire. He loves to make time for a good book and a good meal.
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