Kulonyaka, uBrad Pitt waqinisekisa isimo sakhe somunye wabalingisi abakhulu kunabo bonke, edlala izindima eziphambili "kanyekanye eHollywood" Quentin Tarantino futhi "ezinkanyezini" zikaJames GlayA. Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, uPitt uzimisele hhayi nje kuphela njengomlingisi ogqamile kuphela, kodwa futhi njengomkhiqizi owandayo weHollywood, ukupenda okuphelele kwawo wonke umdwebo wamaphrojekthi avelele. Engxoxweni entsha, iNew York Times Pitt yatshelwa ukuthi ukuguqulwa okunjalo kwi-movie engcono kwakuyisinqumo esaziyo lapho akhuthaza khona isipiliyoni sakhe esidabukisayo ngo "Troy":
Bekumele ngidlale ku- "Troy", ngoba ngicabanga, manje sengivele ngitshele ngakho - senqabile ukubamba iqhaza kwenye ifilimu, futhi ngangidinga ukufeza izibopho zami phambi kwesitudiyo. Ngakho-ke ngazithola ngineminyaka emithathu. Ngeke ngithi bekungukuhlangenwe nakho okubuhlungu, kepha ngenqubo ngabona ukuthi le filimu yayingeyona into engangifuna ukumbona. Kepha nami ngenza umthwalo wami wamaphutha. Yini engizama ukuyisho ngokuthi "kathathu"? Iqiniso ngukuthi angikwazanga ukulahla umsebenzi phakathi. Kwangicindezela. Ngangiphotha ukubambisana noDavid Finecher. Angifuni ukuphonsa isithunzi kuWolfgang Petersen [Umqondisi "Troy"], ngoba "umkhumbi wakhe ongaphansi komhlaba" ungomunye wemidwebo emikhulu kunayo yonke. Kepha namanje, uTroy usephenduke umkhiqizo wezohwebo. Uhlaka ngalunye kule filimu lunjengokungathi lumemeza: "Phambi kwakho iqhawe!". Lesi sithombe asinakugcina imfihlo. Ngakho-ke kusukela kulowo mzuzu nginqume ukuthi ngokuzayo ngangibhekana nezindaba ezisezingeni eliphakeme. Kwakuwukushintshwa okucacile, okwaqala ekuqaleni kweminyaka eyishumi entsha yamafilimu.
Ukuvuselela izinto eziza kuqala, uPitt usazokwazi ukuvela emdwebeni onjalo wokuzijabulisa ngokuthi "abangane abayishumi nanye be-Osuhen" noMnu noNkk. Smith, kodwa umlingisi wagxila emsebenzini ngaphansi kokuqala kwabaqondisi emhlabeni wonke, kufaka phakathi u-Alejandro Gonzalez Inonya (Bhabhiloni "), UJoel no-Itan Cohen (" ngemuva kokufunda ukushiswa "), i-quentin tarantino (" ama-bastards e-inchlastic "), i-ternce malik (" Isihlahla Sempilo ") nabanye.
