Brad Pittis no action star — at least according to him!The 58-year-old actor chatted with PEOPLE on Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of his upcoming action comedyBullet Train, where he said he was “hardly” an action star.“I’m the buffoon in this film,” Pitt joked.Instead, he gave kudos to director David Leitch, explaining that Leitch, 46, “has just got his own vernacular of humor and great action scenes coming fromJohn Wick,Deadpool 2and now this, and it just [has] that flavor I’ve never gotten before.““And it’s really, really fun. Because all the fights are based around the humor,” Pitt said.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Brad Pitt inBullet Train(2022).Scott GarfieldPitt stars inBullet Trainas an assassin who has just recovered from a case of burnout, returning to his high-stakes job with a somewhat misguided sense of confidence about his fitness for duty. The plot follows competing assassins fighting to the death on a high-speed train.Alongside Pitt, the film also features Bad Bunny,Brian Tyree Henry, Sandra Bullock, Joey King, Logan Lerman, Zazie Beetz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.Bullet Trainis based on Kōtarō Isaka’s book of the same name.Brad Pitt.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicAsked who slapped him the best in the movie, Pitt told PEOPLE at the L.A. premiere, “I’m going to say Brian Tyree Henry.““I don’t know if I want to go on record for that because I think that there’s still insurance policies out there,” Henry, 40, joked to PEOPLE. “But [Brad] allowed me to do it. … He is one of those guys that really wants to go full-tilt boogie. So I’m gonna do it util the take is right.“RELATED VIDEO:Brad PittHas Fun in Paris withBullet TrainPals Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree HenryLerman, 30, told PEOPLE that Pitt is “a good fighter” and “just a really athletic person.““Watching him do the choreography and run through the beats. It’s a really difficult thing to do,” he added. “And there’s so much … there’s so many moves to have to remember. You can remember, like, 100 different things in one fight scene.““Soto watch him do it elegantly, [it] almost seemed effortless for him to remember it all,” Lerman said. “It was really impressive.“Bullet Trainhurtles into theaters Friday.
Brad Pittis no action star — at least according to him!
The 58-year-old actor chatted with PEOPLE on Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of his upcoming action comedyBullet Train, where he said he was “hardly” an action star.
“I’m the buffoon in this film,” Pitt joked.
Instead, he gave kudos to director David Leitch, explaining that Leitch, 46, “has just got his own vernacular of humor and great action scenes coming fromJohn Wick,Deadpool 2and now this, and it just [has] that flavor I’ve never gotten before.”
“And it’s really, really fun. Because all the fights are based around the humor,” Pitt said.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.
Brad Pitt inBullet Train(2022).Scott Garfield
Pitt stars inBullet Trainas an assassin who has just recovered from a case of burnout, returning to his high-stakes job with a somewhat misguided sense of confidence about his fitness for duty. The plot follows competing assassins fighting to the death on a high-speed train.
Alongside Pitt, the film also features Bad Bunny,Brian Tyree Henry, Sandra Bullock, Joey King, Logan Lerman, Zazie Beetz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.Bullet Trainis based on Kōtarō Isaka’s book of the same name.
Brad Pitt.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Asked who slapped him the best in the movie, Pitt told PEOPLE at the L.A. premiere, “I’m going to say Brian Tyree Henry.”
“I don’t know if I want to go on record for that because I think that there’s still insurance policies out there,” Henry, 40, joked to PEOPLE. “But [Brad] allowed me to do it. … He is one of those guys that really wants to go full-tilt boogie. So I’m gonna do it util the take is right.”
RELATED VIDEO:Brad PittHas Fun in Paris withBullet TrainPals Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry
Lerman, 30, told PEOPLE that Pitt is “a good fighter” and “just a really athletic person.”
“Watching him do the choreography and run through the beats. It’s a really difficult thing to do,” he added. “And there’s so much … there’s so many moves to have to remember. You can remember, like, 100 different things in one fight scene.”
“Soto watch him do it elegantly, [it] almost seemed effortless for him to remember it all,” Lerman said. “It was really impressive.”
Bullet Trainhurtles into theaters Friday.
source: people.com
