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Article: Funnier than he looks: Brad Pitt could be the greatest comic actor of our time--if only he weren't so goddamned good looking.(Movies)(Mr. And Mrs. Smith)(Movie Review)
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- Esquire
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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THE ABS ARE KILLING HIM, frankly. If ever a movie star needed to spend a year avoiding the gym and scarfing down crullers, Brad Pitt is the guy. I'm not talking Kirstie Alley here, or even Travolta or Hanks at their porkiest; a very slight paunch would probably suffice. Anything that would make him less physically perfect. "Anatomy is destiny," proclaimed Freud, back when movies were still in their infancy. He would have made a great casting agent.
One of this summer's big event movies, an action comedy called Mr. And Mrs. Smith, stars Pitt as one of "the world's most deadly assassins." That's already a mistake. Under no circumstances should Brad Pitt be cast as ...