Brad Pitt turned down the lead in a high-profile film to star in 'Babel' and more trivia

Brad Pitt loves to experiment with his roles. One of his most experimental roles has been in film Babel. Babel is an Oscar-winning psychological drama that runs parallel with four stories. This Brad Pitt starrer had an ensemble cast film. Apart from film’s interesting storyline, Brad Pitt fans will surely enjoy its interesting trivia.

Interesting trivia of Brad Pitt starrer ‘Babel’

1. Babel is a psychological drama with an ensemble cast. film has 4 parallel storylines. In Japan storyline of film, in one scene Chieko (Rinko Kikuchi) and her far are in car toger. But this scene was shot without any prior permission. Hence Babel crew decided to create man-made traffic and shoot scene. But soon police started chasing crew while shooting continued.

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2. One of Babel’s storyline takes place in Morocco. But 17 days before film’s first schedule in Morocco, ne of actors had been cast. Hence production decided to make a casting anuncement in nearest town via television and radio. Within 24 hours, nearly 200 people showed up on set. se people were cast main characters and extras. Almost all of se 200 people became a part of final cut.

3. Brad Pitt did t want to miss opportunity to work with Alejandro G. Inarritu, hence he chose to give up lead role in Departed.

4. Most of driving scenes in Babel were shot using a hand-held camera.

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5. Babel was shot on different continents with a different shooting schedule. Hence most of cast members did t meet each or until film’s premiere.

6. Cate Blanchett wanted to turn down Babel. reason was her character would spend most of her time laying on floor. But Blanchett still chose to work in film since she was a fan of Alejandro.

7. Adriana Barraza who played role of Amelia had to gain 35 pounds for her role.

8. Since Babel was shot in several countries, film was nearly shot for a major part of 2005.

9.  film was entirely shot on 35 mm except for Susan and Richard’s segment. ir segment was shot on 16 mm film.

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