2022 has Brad Pitt returning to the big screen for several movies, and his most exciting project, Babylon, looks set to recreate many of the qualities that made Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood genius. The Quentin Tarantino film saw Pitt playing Cliff Booth, mysterious stunt double and best-and-only friend to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton. The film is laden with both nostalgia and menace as it takes the viewer through the end of Hollywood’s Golden Age to a wild and contorted portrayal of the notorious 1969 murders by the Manson Family.
The film is ignited by the performances of its cast, with Margot Robbie starring as Sharon Tate, Margaret Qualley as Pussycat, and Dakota Fanning as Squeaky. Pitt’s composed portrayal of Cliff Booth maintains the ominous uncertainty of a rumored, though unverified, crime in his past. Pitt has become a prominent figure in film production, but roles including Jack Trainer in The Lost City and Ladybug in Bullet Train indicate 2022 is a year for Pitt to continue to showcase his qualities in front of the camera.
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Pitt was given an Academy Award for his role in Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood, and his most exciting 2022 movie will see him star alongside Margot Robbie once more in a film with a relatively similar historical basis: Damien Chazelle’s Babylon. Babylon will also capture Hollywood, though it swaps the late-'60s focus of Tarantino’s blockbuster for the 1920s, which saw cinema transition away from silent films and start to incorporate sound in new «talkies.» Brad Pitt is playing famed silent actor John Gilbert, and Margot Robbie was cast in the upcoming movie as Clara Bow. It's a film surely set to
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