PARIS —
Brad Pitt scotched talk of imminent retirement
as he traveled to Paris for the premiere of his Jackie Chan-inspired action
caper “Bullet Train”.
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The 58-year-old had worried fans that his acting days may be
numbered after a GQ interview last month in which he said he was in the “last
semester” of his career.
But Pitt told AFP: “I’m not getting out by any means.”
“It seems that might have been taken as a statement of
retirement. That’s not what I was saying,” he said.
“I’m over that hump of middle age and so I’m looking at that
last leg ... how do I want to spend that time? At my age, you’ve made enough
mistakes ... now there’s a comfort in applying that kind of wisdom.”
“Bullet Train”, which is being released around the world
over the next two weeks, sees Pitt trying something new in an action comedy
from the director of “John Wick”, David Leitch.
Pitt plays a reluctant hit-man fighting off rivals on a
Japanese train.
“It’s much more fun than the regular punch-up. It’s infused
with humor and character,” he said.
“I can’t say enough about
Jackie Chan and what he’s done,
and to be in that arena, even close to that, is something I hadn’t done
before.”
Pitt will next be seen in “Babylon” about Hollywood’s golden
age, directed by Damien Chazelle (“La La Land”).
That will partner him again with Margot Robbie — the pair
starred in Quentin Tarantino’s “
Once upon a Time in Hollywood”, which won Pitt
an Oscar in 2020.
But Pitt said he takes particular enjoyment from production
duties with his company Plan B.
The company has three best picture Oscar winners to its name
— “The Departed”, “Twelve Years a Slave” and “Moonlight” — and will soon
release the hotly tipped “Blonde” about Marilyn Monroe.
“I really like what we’ve been able to do on the producing
end. You get to be part of stories, foster new talent,” he said.
Unlike other major movie stars such as Tom Cruise, Pitt is
not as wedded to the nostalgia of movie theatres.
“I like the dichotomy, the streamer as well as the theatre
experience, because films were getting so expensive to do and to market that it
was either big tent-pole movies or very small intimate movies and there was no
room for anything in-between. Streamers have opened it up for more voices,” he
said.
Nonetheless, Pitt said he had recently loved going to watch
“Elvis” in a cinema.
“I’m a big fan of
Austin Butler, I think he’s going to do
great work,” said Pitt of the film’s star.
“It was so much fun to be there again. There’s a place for
both.”
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