Brad Pitt Admits There Is One Movie He Was Truly Disappointed With

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As a film buff, I’ve always been impressed by Brad Pitt‘s career choices – he consistently works with the best directors around, like Tarantino and Fincher. He became a household name back in the early 90s with films like Thelma & Louise and Seven, but it actually took him a while to really start racking up the major awards. He finally won an Oscar for producing 12 Years a Slave, and then, of course, he snagged an acting Oscar for Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. But even with all that success, he’s been surprisingly candid about one particular project that he just wasn’t happy with.

Brad Pitt played Achilles in the 2004 movie Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen. In a 2019 interview with The New York Times, Pitt said he wasn’t happy with how the film turned out. He felt he was still figuring out his career and struggled to make his own decisions because he was getting a lot of different, and often conflicting, advice from others at the time.

Pitt thought the movie prioritized commercial success over a meaningful story, which was disappointing for him. He felt overly exposed and uncomfortable with how the film’s visuals constantly emphasized his heroic image. Having worked on artistically complex films with David Fincher, he struggled with the straightforward and less nuanced approach of Troy. Ultimately, he realized the film had become too focused on commercial appeal and resolved to prioritize compelling storytelling in his future projects.

Brad Pitt shared that he only accepted the role because he owed the studio a film after leaving another project. While he didn’t regret doing it, he recognized that the movie’s approach to storytelling wasn’t his preference, and he acknowledged his own errors during filming. This experience was a turning point for him, leading him to trust his instincts and focus on meaningful projects rather than just big-budget ones.

By early 2026, Brad Pitt is experiencing a major career revival, both as an actor and a producer. His recent film, the action-packed racing drama F1, released in late 2025, became the highest-grossing movie ever made about auto racing.

He finished filming a new project in January, a period comedy-drama called The Adventures of Cliff Booth. This film, a spin-off connected to his previous hit Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, was directed by David Fincher and written with Quentin Tarantino, and stars Elizabeth Debicki and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II alongside Pitt.

Brad Pitt will likely start filming a new mystery thriller, The Riders, on the Greek island of Hydra in late February. The film, directed by Edward Berger, centers on a father’s quest to find his wife who disappeared without a trace at an airport.

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2026-02-04 11:15