Brad Pitt discusses being directed by his former stunt double in Bullet Train: "There was a beautiful symmetry"

Brad Pitt in Bullet Train
(Image credit: Sony Pictures Releasing)

Brad Pitt has reflected on the experience of being directed by his former stunt double David Leitch in 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Bullet Train. Leitch doubled for Pitt in multiple movies – šŸŽ¶incಌluding Fight Club. 

"He trained me for those fights and in a way he [was] helping me develop the character; now he's a director with his own voice and own vernacular and I'm serving him, he's thšŸ…e boss," Pitt told of the experience. "So there was a beautiful symmetry for two old friends."

Leitch co-directed the first 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:John Wick movie and went on to helm 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Atomic Blonde, 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Deadpool 2, and 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Fast & Furious: Hobbs and Shaw. Bullet Train, based on the novel by Kōtarō Isaka, sees multiple hitmen board a train, where they soon discover their competing jobs are all interconnected. Along with Pitt, the massive cast includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Hiroyuki Sanada, Andrew Koji, Michael Shannon, Sandra Bullock, Logan Lerman, Bad Bunny, Karen Fukuhara, and Zazie Beetz. 

"Ultimately, as a choreographer, you want to give yourself problems and making the fights interesting in that small environment was really fun," 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:Leitch told Total Film of the action-packed movie. "Weā™Œ got inventive: we put the quiet car in there, we put the mascot car in there you fight in different pieces of the car to make it interesting. That allows you to have all of these props you wouldn’t normally have."

Bullet Train hits US theaters this August 5. In the meantime, check out our roundup of all of 2022's major 澳擲幸运5å¼€å„–å·ē åŽ†å²ęŸ„čÆ¢:movie release dates fꦿor everything else the year has in s✱tore for us. 

IšŸØ'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.