I really think the two have been "using" each other for years. Robert Redford cast Brad Pitt as the prodigal son, Paul Maclean, in "A River Runs Through It". This was a great movie, but you just got the feel that Redford envisioned himself as Brad Pitt's character, rather than just the narrator. Paul was kind of the hero/anti-hero. He was the best fly fisherman, had all the friends/girls, rebelled against society & wrote about it eloquently.
Same thing with this movie, and I agree with you that Pitt has been a better actor since. The glaring thing for me was Pitt using the name 'Bishop'. This was the same name that Redford had in 'Sneakers'.
I almost numchucked you, you don't even realize!
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tightspotkilo
13 years ago
You may be right, it may have begun with "A River Runs Through It," when they first worked together, and Redford may have gotten Pitt's attention that way at that time. In fact it makes sense that it happened that way. But in Pitt's movies between ARRTI (1992) and Spy Game (2001), I personally don't see that much of Redford in Pitt. But after they worked together again in the latter, that's when it became evident to me in the way Pitt projects himself.
Get the facts first - you can distort them later!
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