They're one of Hollywood's strongest and suavest bromances, but did a movie role nearly come between best buddies and frequent co-stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt? The dashing duo have starred in a whopping seven films together over the decades, serving as members of the Ocean's trilogy cast and starring in Burn After Reading, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, 8 and Touch of Evil. And they're next set to reunite for a movie with Spider-Man director Jon Watts -- an action-thriller called Wolfs that will reportedly be dropping on the 2024 movie schedule this September. All that aside though, it turns out Clooney wanted one Pitt's most famous roles.
Considering how close the two are, that had to have been a great part in order to derail the famous friendship -- and it was. Apparently, the Michael Clayton actor wanted his pal's Thelma & Louise gig. It also sounds like a lot of work went into casting the character, too. Brad Pitt's co-star, Geena Davis, recalled the auditions during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show. When the titular talk show host claimed that the actress was the reason for Pitt's breakout role as the ab-tastic cowboy-thief J.D. in the 1991 Ridley Scott film, Davis explained:
