Here’s the Lowdown On the Hunkiest Man in Hollywood, Brad Pitt

Poster Boy

Another way stars can get their start in TV and film is by doing advertisements or modeling. It can be said there “are no small roles” because modeling and ads are an easy way for a potential star to become more recognizable and it also helps line their pockets while they wait to break into bigger roles.

 

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Brad also went this route. Other than the student gig he had when he posed for his college calendar, he appeared in a 1989 Pringles TV ad at age twenty-six. Honestly, looking like that, it's surprising no one had offered him any modeling jobs before that.

Thanks, Billy!

Actor Billy Baldwin may have had a hand in helping Brad Pitt make a name for himself in Hollywood. How, you might ask? Baldwin was originally cast to play “JD” in the iconic film “Thelma and Louise.” That was Brad Pitt's breakthrough role! Can you imagine it being performed by anyone other than him? Yeah, neither can we.

 

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But we're digressing. Anyway, Baldwin dropped out of the project to take on what he thought was a more desirable role in Ron Howard’s “Backdraft”. Pitt then stepped up to take on the role that would have everyone asking who he was.