It was a clever career turn, different from the paths of most major stars of his generation and stature. Watching it, you could almost make the case that Pitt is a very good dramatic actor, but even better at comedy. Bullet Train is an action extravaganza, but the movie's distinguishing feature is its sardonic tone, shaped and carried by its star's performance. "Let this be lesson in the toxicity of anger," Pitt says with deadpan precision after one violent encounter. Between fending off assassins on a high-speed Japanese train and trying to steal a briefcase full of cash, Ladybug is trying to become a calmer guy, sincerely spouting self-help lines. Pitt plays a character as goofy as his code name, Ladybug, a hitman in an unflattering bucket hat. His new action-comedy Bullet Train says a lot about that career. Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of moving stars? With performances that range over multiple genres and three decades, and a savvy public relations strategy, his is a model of how to manage a movie-star career. Brad Pitt has built a body of work that most actors only dream of. All the while, his looks and his marriages may have overshadowed something else.
He famously became half of Brad and Jen while married to Jennifer Aniston, then half of the tabloids-can't-get-enough-of-them "Brangelina" during his years with Angelina Jolie. Then he was the heartthrob younger brother of lookalike Robert Redford's off-screen narrator in A River Runs Through It (1992). First he was the hunky boy toy in Thelma and Louise, a small role that made viewers wonder, "Who is he?" back in 1991.
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