Brad Pitt did 95% of his own stunts in his next movie, says its stunt coordinator
- Pitt won an Oscar for playing a stuntman in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood."
- He does the stunts for real in the action movie "Bullet Train."
When you watch Brad Pitt's next movie, "Bullet Train," make sure to tell the person watching it next to you this fact: "Brad did most of his own stunts."
After winning an Oscar for playing a stuntman in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood," it turns out Pitt went and did the real thing for the hitman action movie based on Kōtarō Isaka's Japanese graphic novel "Maria Beetle."
"Brad did 95% of his physical stunts - the fighting," "Bullet Train" second-unit director and stunt coordinator Greg Rementer told Vulture. "He's like a natural-born athlete. He really got in there!"
Directed by David Leitch - who along with having directing credits like "John Wick," "Atomic Blonde," and "Deadpool 2" is also a former stuntman for Pitt - the movie stars the likes of Sandra Bullock, Michal Shannon, Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Bad Bunny who along with Pitt have major fight battles on a speeding train.
"Never have I ever done so many huge actors in one feature where all of them excelled at the physical movement of our training," he said. "So Brad, Brian, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sonada, Andrew Koji - who was already a stud in terms of where he comes from with the show 'Warrior' - all these actors put out some great action and did a lot of their [own] stuff."
Leitch's action movies have been hailed for their realism, starting with Keanu Reeves doing much of his fight choreography for Leitch's debut "John Wick." Its since led to Charlize Theron becoming an action star thanks to Leitch's "Atomic Blonde" and most recently Bob Odenkirk in "Nobody" (which Leitch was a producer on).
Now Pitt will be the latest star to show off his fight moves thanks to Leitch. And we can't wait to see those training videos of how he pulled it off.