Brad Pitt & George Clooney Accepted a Lower Salary for Upcoming Movie for One Specific Reason

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorJoey King tries not to take her work home, especially when she has to shoot tearful and intense emotional scenes like she had to often do for “The In Between.”In the new Paramount Plus drama, King plays a high school senior who is visited by the ghost of her boyfriend (Kyle Allen) after he’s killed in a tragic accident.“It takes a lot of building up and it takes a lot of emotional drainage, and by the end of a day, where I have a big crying scene or more than one, I am wiped out and I just need a plate of nachos or something gross,” King tells me on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “Something that’s very bad for me.

Channing Tatum’s abs and Brad Pitt’s heroism in “The Lost City” teaser have landed a commercial spot during Sunday’s big game.

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Vanity Fair profile, in which he discussed starring alongside Pitt, 58, in the 2004 sword-and-sandals epic “Troy.”Cox, 75, played Agamemnon, the mythical Greek King of Pitt’s Achilles, in what he described as “the only part I’ve ever pursued” in his career, and which required the actor to fly to London to meet the cast.Speaking on laying eyes on the “Fight Club” star for the first time, Cox swooned, “I remember at one point being agog at Brad. He’d never been in costumes like that …”“Brad walked on set and my jaw was down because he was so stunningly beautiful,” added the smitten Laurence Olivier award winner.In fact, like with a metalhead appreciating Beethoven, Pitt’s hotness apparently transcended Cox’s sexual orientation.“I’m straight but I thought, ‘Wow, my God! This guy is stunning,'” the “Manhunter” actor added of his bromantic feelings.

Troy, specifically his admiration for “stunningly beautiful” co-star Brad Pitt.Speaking to Vanity Fair in a video covering the actor’s entire career, from Braveheart to Succession, Cox explained that the role of Agamemnon in the historical epic was “the only part I’ve ever pursued”.“I’ve never pursued anything,” Cox said. “I’ve always allowed it to fall out the way it fell out.

Brian Cox has nothing but nice things to say about his Troy co-star Brad Pitt!

Brian Cox was a big fan of his “Troy” co-star Brad Pitt’s work.

Zack Sharf Brian Cox recently walked Vanity Fair through several of his most high profile roles, including his turn as Agamemnon in Wolfgang Peterson’s 2004 historical war film “Troy.” The swords-and-sandals epic cast Cox opposite Brad Pitt as Achilles. According to Cox, the role of Agamemnon in “Troy” was “the only part I’ve ever pursued” in his career.“I’ve never pursued anything,” Cox said. “I’ve always allowed it to fall out the way it fell out.

Brad Pitt “isn’t dating anybody” despite a recent report that the 58-year-old actor and Lykke Li, 35, were “secretly dating.” A few sources close to the Oscar winner spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife and revealed what Brad is looking for in his ideal suitor.

Oceans Eleven and Burn After Reading are reuniting once more for an as yet untitled film.The thriller, helmed by Spider Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts, was won by Apple Original Movies after a major bidding war. It’s described as a “tale of two lone-wolf fixers assigned to the same job.”Speaking to Deadline, Clooney revealed that they’d taken a pay cut and that he believes films can co-exist in cinemas and on streaming platforms together.He said: “It was an exciting time because it got to be one of those weird bidding wars which happen every once in a while, and it ended up being pretty extreme, and Apple came in with a really big number for Brad and I.”He said: “And we said we’d like to take less as long as we can guarantee that we can have a theatrical release, and they said great.“I do think that there’s a way that we can all co-exist.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt triggered an intense bidding war that was ultimately won out by Apple Studios. But before the stars agreed to sign on, they volunteered to take a lower salary under one condition.Clooney opened up about the caveat in an interview with, telling the outlet that it was intriguing to watch how much interest was generated by the untitled film that will be written and directed by filmmaker Jon Watts.«Yeah.

Lovers or friends? Brad Pitt and Lykke Li have fans wondering if there’s something romantic going on between them—but it seems that there’s no real truth to the dating rumors.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney are putting their money where their mouths are to stick up for movie theatres.

Oscar nomination voting started today, and George Clooney as he has often in his career, has a movie that deserves consideration in The Tender Bar which so far has been somewhat unfairly overlooked in critics and guild award nominations but is the kind of small gem, a family dramedy and coming-of-age story, that I think is the finest directorial job Clooney has done since Good Night And Good Luck. Apparently those who have caught the film in its streaming run that began on January 7 on Amazon Prime agree. In fact the streamer says the movie, which is based on JR Mohringer’s memoir of growing up in Long Island where the patrons of his Uncle Charlie’s bar basically stood in as father figures for him, had one of the best debuts of any original movie on Prime Video, currently in their top 10 movie releases of all time,  and opened globally on the service worldwide in over 240 countries and territories where it was #1 in its opening week. It has also been getting a large amount of five star reviews from users on the site.

It seems that rumors of a romance between Brad Pitt and Lykke Li are just that — rumors. In recent days, speculation had surfaced that the 58-year-old actor and 35-year-old singer had begun a relationship, but a source recently cleared the air, disclosing that the relationship between the two is purely platonic. An insider told People magazine that the "Little Bit" singer is a member of "a large group of artsy friends that [Pitt] enjoys hanging out with." Actress Alia Shawkat is another member of this group, said the source.

Brad Pitt has been linked to another lucky lady, Lykke Li.But the new romance rumors that have begun to circulate appear to be just that, rumors. ET has learned that the 58-year-old actor and the Swedish singer are not dating.A source tells ET that Li, 35, and Pitt have hung out but that it's only because they run in the same circle of friends and are neighbors. However, the source does not know if they are or have ever dated.Li is just one of many rumored stars that Pitt has been linked to in the past.

Brad Pitt and Lykke Li are just friends.