Published 19:28 IST, July 10th 2020

Brad Pitt' 'Mr and Mrs Smith' trivia: Nicole Kidman was originally cast for Angelina' part

Nicole Kidman was originally cast for the main role, after which Eva Green was considered. Check out more interesting trivia on Brad Pitt's 'Mr and Mrs Smith'.

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Brad Pitt is a popular Hollywood actor who is kwn for many hit movies starting with Fight Club to his latest film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Apart from being a versatile actor, he is also kwn for producing many award-winning films in his career. He has also been famous for all his link-ups with his costars.

Brad Pitt who was married to ex-wife Angelina Jolie for a while did a movie titled Mr & Mrs Smith where both of m were rumoured to have fallen in love while shooting this film. Read on to kw about some interesting trivia from film. 

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Brad Pitt's Mr and Mrs Smith trivia

  • Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt featured in film Mr and Mrs Smith as a married couple. Post that, film titled By Sea is ir second film as a married couple which was released after almost a decade.
  • Reportedly, Brad Pitt left project once Nicole Kidman dropped out, however, he joined back when he learnt about Angelina Jolie signing for role. 
  • Benjamin Danz who is played by Adam Brody in Mr & Mrs Smith could be seen wearing a Fight Club shirt. Brad had actually starred in film Fight Club back in 1999. 
  • It is said that original script of this film was actually sis of writer Simon Kinberg, who wrote this for his Masters in Fine Arts as his sis project. 
  • Nicole Kidman was originally cast as Mrs Smith. After this, reportedly Eva Green, Carine Zeta-Jones and Cate Blanchett were approached for role. Even Gwen Stefani auditioned for role of Mrs Smith.
  • For casting of John Smith, Johnny Depp was originally considered. However, he could t commit to film as he was overworked with his or movies during 2005.

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  • Angela Bassett was actually cast as Brad's boss in movie but in final cut, her scenes were cut from film. However, voice that one can hear in film is hers. One can spot her giving instructions of Brad's next assignment to him. 

  • After this film, Angelina Jolie played spy/assassin roles in many movies including Wanted (2008), Tourist (2010), and Salt (2010). 

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chemistry Pitt shares with Angelina Jolie in movie is what made movie so popular.  film's plot is based on  lives of a married couple who are secretly assassins. Mishaps ensue when y are assigned a mission to kill each or. Besides Jolie's role as a secret nt, Pitt's character of a charming assassin steals show. Brad Pitt played role of John Smith, Angelina Jolie was seen as Jane Smith, Vince Vaughn as Eddie, Adam Brody as Benjamin " Tank" Danz and Kerry Washington as Jasmine in film. 

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Promo Im courtesy: A still from Mr & Mrs Smith

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19:28 IST, July 10th 2020