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Paris (AFP) โ Brad Pitt scotched talk of imminent retirement as he travelled to Paris for the premiere of his Jackie Chan-inspired action caper โBullet Trainโ.ย
The 58-year-old had worried fans that his acting days may be numbered after a GQ interview last month in which he said he was in the โlast semesterโ of his career.ย
But Pitt told AFP: โIโm not getting out by any means.
โIt seems that might have been taken as a statement of retirement. Thatโs not what I was saying,โ he said.ย
โIโm over that hump of middle age and so Iโm looking at that last legโฆ how do I want to spend that time? At my age, youโve made enough mistakesโฆ now thereโs a comfort in applying that kind of wisdom.โ
โBullet Trainโ, which is being released around the world over the next two weeks, sees Pitt trying something new in an action comedy from the director of โJohn Wickโ, David Leitch.ย
Pitt plays a reluctant hit-man fighting off rivals on a Japanese train.ย
โItโs ย much more fun than the regular punch-up. Itโs infused with humour and character,โ he said.ย
โI canโt say enough about Jackie Chan and what heโs done, and to be in that arena, even close to that, is something I hadnโt done before.โย
Pitt will next be seen in โBabylonโ about Hollywoodโs golden age, directed by Damien Chazelle (โLa La Landโ).ย
That will partner him again with Margot Robbie โ the pair starred in Quentin Tarantinoโs โOnce upon a Time in Hollywoodโ, which won Pitt an Oscar in 2020.ย
But Pitt said he takes particular enjoyment from production duties with his company Plan B.ย
The company has three best picture Oscar winners to its name โ โThe Departedโ, โTwelve Years a Slaveโ and โMoonlightโ โ and will soon release the hotly tipped โBlondeโ about Marilyn Monroe.
โI really like what weโve been able to do on the producing end. You get to be part of stories, foster new talent,โ he said.ย
Unlike other major movie stars such as Tom Cruise, Pitt is not as wedded to the nostalgia of movie theatres.ย
โI like the dichotomy, the streamer as well as the theatre experience, because films were getting so expensive to do and to market that it was either big tent-pole movies or very small intimate movies and there was noย room for anythings in-between. Streamers have opened it up for more voices,โ he said.ย
Nonetheless, Pitt said he had recently loved going to watch โElvisโ in a cinema.ย
โIโm a big fan of Austin Butler, I think heโs going to do great work,โ said Pitt of the filmโs star. ย
โIt was so much fun to be there again. Thereโs a place for both.โ
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