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Aug 4, 2022 · By the end of Fight Club, Leitch was Pitt’s guy. Over the next decade, he would act as the man pretending to be the man on The Mexican (don’t ask about the car he crashed), Ocean’s Eleven...
- Brad Pitt and David Leitch First Worked Together in Fight Club
- Brad Pitt Also Worked with David Leitch in Deadpool 2
- How Did Brad Pitt and David Leitch Reconnect For Bullet Train?
The first time David Leitch sat in the director’s chair for a major motion picture in Hollywood, he was co-directing John Wick alongside Chad Stahelski in late 2013. The pair shared the commonality of having previously worked as stuntmen and stunt coordinators in the industry. Only Stahelski was credited for the work in the Keanu Reevesfilm, howeve...
The Brad Pitt and David Leitch duo would go on to collaborate in a total of five films while the latter still worked as a stunt double. His decision to move towards directing and producing did not mean the end of their partnership, however. Having made his full directorial debut in 2017 with Atomic Blonde, Leitch was hired to direct Deadpool 2, the...
David Leitch was brought on board as a director and producer for Bullet Trainin 2020. Immediately, he knew who he wanted for the lead role, with Brad Pitt being officially confirmed as part of the project about one month later. The leading studio in the production was Columbia Pictures, and they invested up to $90 million for the film’s budget. Acc...
- Entertainment Journalist
Aug 4, 2022 · Shot throughout the pandemic on the Sony studio lot in Culver City, Bullet Train also marks Leitch’s reunion with Pitt, after serving as his stunt double in 1999’s Fight Club and a number of ...
- Jake Kring-Schreifels
Aug 7, 2022 · August 7, 2022 3:43pm. David Leitch Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images. David Leitch first worked with Brad Pitt in the late ’90s when he doubled for him on the set of David Fincher’s Fight Club. The ...
Aug 4, 2022 · Brad Pitt says he and his 'Bullet Train' director David Leitch came 'full circle' after Leitch worked as Pitt's stunt double on 'Fight Club.'
- Nick Romano
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Aug 4, 2022 · Leitch worked as Pitt's stunt double on films including 'Fight Club,' 'The Mexican' and 'Troy.' Leitch went on to direct, including 'Deadpool 2,' which featured a classic Pitt cameo as Vanisher.
From their first meeting on "Fight Club," Leitch stepped forward and led when he was supposed to, then had the humility to stand back when he needed to. And vice versa with Pitt. He and Pitt were ...
