“Fight Club” is a cult film, among other things, thanks to the interpretation of Brad Pitt! After intense sports preparation, the actor who plays Tyler Durden even had his teeth broken on purpose.
Fight Club : a cult movie
Released in 1999, Fight Club is a American film by David Fincher adapted from the novel by Chuck Palahniuk published in 1996. It follows a narrator, a man in his thirties played by Edward Norton. Lost in a society which does not correspond to him, he does not find meaning in his life. During a plane trip, he meets a charismatic entrepreneur (Brad Pitt) at the head of a soap making company.
The two men share and discuss their disgust for the current world. In search of sensations and meaning, they will end up setting up an underground boxing club. The Fight Club is made up exclusively of men who fight violently and unprotected in the basements of a bar.
Controversial film, Fight Club receives late recognition. The film, because of its violence and the different interpretations that can be attributed to it, is rather badly received. Its success will finally be achieved when it is released on DVD: millions of copies sold in ten years! More than 20 years after its release, the film has become cult!
The cast brings together Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Zach Grenier but also Brad Pitt!
Radical preparation
Being a boxer requires discipline and a sometimes draconian diet. It is a way of life that certain actors are sometimes forced to adopt temporarily to interpret a role. To play in Fight Club, Brad Pitt has pushed his limits. Pushing his preparation to the extreme, the actor did everything to match Tyler Durden.
In addition to a intensive sports preparation including boxing, taekwondo and grappling lessons, the actor learned to make soap. Pushing its limits again, the actor went so far as to get bits of his teeth broken located on the upper jaw. The goal: to wear the imperfect teeth of the organizer of clandestine fights.
Sacrifices that pay off since It is this role that allowed Brad Pitt to join the list of the highest paid actors in the world. !
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