Brad Pitt is one hell of an actor. The movies he appears in aren’t always so good… but he is solid 100% of the time. There will be Oscars in the future for this man, make no mistake about that… but Pitt himself seems to be getting a little anxious for one… and maybe now realizing he’s getting a bit older wants to set himself up for Oscar success sooner rather than later. You see….
It’s being reported that Pitt is smelling the “gay” trend in garnering Oscar’s favour. It used to be handicaps that got you the Academy’s attention… and now it seems to be a straight person playing a gay role. The following is from the good folks over at Dark Horizons:
Brad Pitt has told his reps to reportedly find a script which portrays the “ultimate gay love story”. Whilst several of Pitt’s characters in the past have displayed some very mild homo-eroticism, none have been outright gay.
Their source says “Brad has asked his people to find him a script to play a gay man. He wants it to be a story that appeals to both men and women and he wants it to be the edgiest work he’s done. He’s seen the critical acclaim that Brokeback Mountain has won and he wants a piece of it. Brad knows it would be seen as shocking to take on a gay role because he’s seen as such a heart-throb”.
Well.. the guy already has all the money in the world… so one could understand him wanting to achieve some more critical award winning success too. He’s past “success” and looks like he now wants to work on his “legacy” as an actor. We’ll see how that all works out for him.
