30 years ago he played the main role in “The Winds of Passion”. The film’s director, Ed Zwick, now summarizes his achievements and life in an autobiography, excerpts of which have been published in “”. He did not fail to mention what it was like working on the set with an actor who was just taking on the role of a crowd idol. Pitt and Zwick have clashed more than once.
The director recalls working with Brad Pitt
“The Winds of Passion” was one of the roles that introduced Brother Pitt to a wider audience. An excellent, thrilling and emotional drama began the most beautiful years of the actor’s work. Shortly afterwards came “Seven”, “12 Monkeys”, “Joe Black”, “Fight Club” and dozens of subsequent productions in which Pitt was an absolute star.
During these 30 years, Brad Pitt very rarely gave interviews in which he revealed details of his preparation for roles. Little is known about his acting “method”. Does he – like Evan Peters, who plays the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer – use the Stanislavski method and “live” as his character for a long time? Or does he read the script and immediately know what and how, like Christian Bale? It’s obvious that he prepares for the role physically, but what does he do to become his character? This is not known because Pitt closely guards his secrets. All the more valuable are the memories of the director who had the opportunity to work with him on the set.
Ed Zwick, the director of “The Winds of Passion”, has just released an autobiography in which he recalls his work from 30 years ago. In “Hits, flops, and other illusions” he writes what it was like working with Pitt. It turns out that the opposing characters of both men clashed every day. Pitt and Zwick had a different idea of Tristan Ludlow, whom the actor was to play. When the director pressed Pitt to show more emotion, Pitt defended himself by making a fuss. After the first reading of the script, he wanted to abandon the project.
These were the first signs that emotions were bubbling beneath his surface. On the outside, he looks like a nice, nice guy, but when off balance he can be unpredictable, as I had to see many times while working. His idea of Tristan was different from mine. (…) The more I pressed him to open, the more he resisted. The more I insisted, the more he pushed me away – recalls the director.
Finally, the moment of open confrontation with the entire team came. Zwick scolded the actor in front of everyone, but Pitt did not remain indebted to him. The actor was then 31 years old, he had one great role behind him, but he was not going to be meek. The director recalls that during the argument they shouted at each other, cursed and threw chairs.
At some point, the crew got used to our “arguments”, they left the set as soon as we started. “We don’t like to see our parents arguing,” someone said, Zwick writes in his autobiography.
Fortunately, quarrels always ended – as in a good old marriage – with agreement. Of course, the film was made and was a success. Brad Pitt wasn’t entirely happy with him. In the final edit, Zwick had one short scene removed that the actor felt was his magnum opus in this production.
Source: Gazeta
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