Decem ber 22, 1998. Copyright, 1998, Graphic News. All rights reserved.


LONDON, December 22, Graphic News: HEART-THROB Brad Pitt, who commands in the neighbourhood of $10 million per film nowadays, has assumed the role of Death in ÔMeet Joe BlackÕ. The lavish remake of ÔDeath Takes a HolidayÕ, by director Martin Brest, is due for release next month. Pitt has also secured a role in ÔThe Fight ClubÕ, scheduled to hit our screens in 1999.
The former Missouri choirboyÕs rise to fame as a delectable hunk was cemented after he played a horny hitchiker in the 1991 hit ÔThelma and LouiseÕ.
It was the first time that PittÕs abdominals had been properly lighted and Hollywood Ð and moviegoers Ð sat up and took notice.
He scored his first critical acclaim and Oscar nomination in the role of a mental patient in Terry GilliamÕs ÔTwelve MonkeysÕ. However many believe his best performance yet was as Austrian traveller Heinrich Harrar in ÔSeven Years in TibetÕ.