{"id":9186,"date":"2025-06-23T22:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T22:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9186\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T22:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T22:59:13","slug":"brad-pitt-says-seven-pulled-him-out-of-an-unhealthy-time-in-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9186\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Pitt Says Seven Pulled Him Out of an ‘Unhealthy Time’ in His Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad Pitt<\/a> was at a low point in his life when he got sent the script for the 1995 thriller \u201cSeven.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

By that time, Pitt had already racked up a few impressive screen credits in films like \u201cInterview with the Vampire,\u201d \u201cThelma & Louise,\u201d \u201cLegends of the Fall\u201d and \u201cTrue Romance.\u201d However, during Monday\u2019s episode of the \u201cArmchair Expert\u201d podcast, Pitt told host Dax Shepard that he was having the \u201cweirdest summer\u201d in 1994 before he finally read the script for \u201cSeven.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had had not-such-great experiences coming off a couple of jobs, and I just wasn\u2019t really sure what I was doing,\u201d Pitt recalled. \u201cIt was the most unhealthy time. I just needed to check out. I would wake up, I would get a bong load, I would have four Coca-Cola\u2019s on ice, no food. This particular summer, I watched the O.J. trial and I [was] just trying to figure out, \u2018What do I do next? What do I do next?\u2019 And then I read this script. My dear friend and manager and, basically, my sister now, Cynthia, sends this over. She says, \u2018You\u2019ve got to read this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pitt admitted that he was not initially impressed by the script. \u201cI read the first seven pages, I call her up, I go, \u2018Are you kidding me? The clich\u00e9 old cop wants out, the young cop comes in and he\u2019s looking at his high school football trophies?\u2019 She goes, \u2018Just finish it,\u2019\u201d Pitt remembered. \u201cThen I go meet with [director David Fincher], and he was just talking about films like I\u2019d never heard anyone speak about film. I just got the jones back. Finding that thing kind of \u2026 it just reinvigorated what I wanted out of this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Those who have seen \u201cSeven,\u201d which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, will know that the film gradually becomes an entirely different, darker thriller than its opening minutes let on. In a 2024 interview with GQ<\/a>, Pitt notably revealed that he had it written into his contract when he signed on to star in \u201cSeven\u201d that the film\u2019s iconic, bleak ending would not be changed under any circumstances.<\/p>\n

His role in \u201cSeven,\u201d of course, helped cement Pitt as one of the rising stars of the \u201990s and kicked off his creative partnership with Fincher, which has continued to this day. 30 years later, Pitt is one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest and most recognizable stars. Despite being this far into his career, though, Pitt, who is in the midst of promoting his forthcoming racing blockbuster \u201cF1,\u201d<\/a> told Shepard that he still does not think he is very good at the promotion side of Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m very good at it. I\u2019ve always been a little embarrassed [by] this side of it, and I still have that feeling each time,\u201d Pitt revealed. \u201cI\u2019ve never considered this my specialty. I\u2019d rather make things, whether that\u2019s a chair or a shirt or a movie, and let it speak for itself and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can watch Pitt\u2019s full \u201cArmchair Expert\u201d interview yourself in the video above. you can listen to the full podcast episode here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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