Back in May, Chanel announced that Brad Pitt was the new “Face” of Chanel No. 5, Chanel’s iconic perfume. Previously “faces” of Chanel No. 5 have included Nicole Kidman, Audrey Tautou, Vanessa Paradis and Catherine Deneuve, amongst others. So a lot of people were scratching their heads over Brad Pitt’s contract. Why hire a man – granted, an attractive man – to represent an iconic perfume for women? Well, Chanel is preparing all of us for the rollout, which should come in the next few weeks. Chanel released the second promotional photo (the header photo) to WWD, and they teased the new campaign:
Can a man effectively sell a women’s fragrance? Chanel is using Brad Pitt to find out.
In mid-October, the brand will do a global unveiling of its first project with Pitt (whom it signed in May): a commercial and print ad for the iconic Chanel No.5.
“To keep a legend fresh, you always have to change its point of view,” said Andrea d’Avack, president, Chanel Fragrance & Beauty. “It is the first time we’ve had a man speaking about a women’s fragrance. We think very much that the perfume is a seduction between a man, a woman and the perfume. No.5 is our leading fragrance, and we are willing to make the investment to keep it on that level.”
D’Avack emphasized that the brand plans to use Pitt only on No.5. He joins a host of celebrity faces to front the 91-year-old scent — from Ali MacGraw, Catherine Deneuve and Candice Bergen to Nicole Kidman, Audrey Tautou and Vanessa Paradis.
While he wouldn’t spill many details, d’Avack noted that the commercial, shot by Joe Wright, features Pitt speaking in a way that the viewer assumes he’s speaking to a woman — and then it’s revealed that the addressee is actually the scent. Wright has worked with Chanel since 2006, and directed several Coco Mademoiselle commercials with Keira Knightley, whom he is also directing in the upcoming “Anna Karenina.”
The Pitt commercial is planned for an Oct. 15 global launch, while the print ad is expected to begin appearing in November fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazines. D’Avack added that the campaign will also include extensive social-media outreach. “We are reaching the ecosystem of communications vehicles,” he said. “We believe this dynamic, modern campaign will make people think in a completely different way about No.5.”
While d’Avack declined to comment on the advertising spend for the Pitt campaign, industry sources estimated that the brand was spending at least $10 million on U.S. advertising, as well as an estimated $7 million for Pitt’s services.
If the print ads are already appearing in November fashion magazines, then we should be getting our first look at them very, very soon. The UK fashion magazine come out before the American magazines for the most part, especially for subscribers. I wonder what image they’ll use? A closeup of Brad’s face, which is what Chanel released in May (image below)? As for the commercial… it might be kind of sexy. The commercial sounds like it’s just Brad talking dirty to a perfume. Which is kind of funny, and it could be really great.
Header photo is Brad Pitt and Joe Wright shot by Sam Taylor-Wood for CHANEL, courtesy of WWD, second photo courtesy of CHANEL as well. Additional pic by WENN.
I never understand this idea of paying any celebrity THAT much for a couple of commercials. Will it really help sell that much more perfume, especially one that’s been around forever and is already very well known?
I think it’s not so much that people will immediately run out and buy the perfume because Brad Pitt is in it.
However, it is a clear statement though. “We can get the top most famous actor. We are the top. We are number 1.”
And then people will associate the brand with being the best and most exclusive.
He is not woth it. But hey at least he can now afford some nip/tuck because let’s face it he needs that.
He could afford nip tucks way before that. But thank God he doesn’t feel like he needs them, because he really doesn’t.
Wow, harsh.
The guy is 50 years old and his face reflects that. I LOVE seeing someone age naturally. It has its own beauty, just like a chubby baby, a lithe teenager, or indeed, a hundred year old person, all their glories and heartache etched on their face.
Why this obsession with rolling back the years? Mr Pitt is a handsome man of integrity and intelligence and for him to fiddle with his face would ring the death knell for his career.
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Look at that close up of his face. If all 50-year-old men looked like that, the world would be a happier place.
That’s the airbrushed pitt. The real pitt looks older than 50
http://bradpittfan.com/gallery/albums/Appearances/2012/Oscar/1_281829.jpg
And rates a 4 on the hot scale. Let’s keep it real.
Its already working….as much as people will rush on this site to tell you he’s old, they never found him attractive, or they don’t he’s as hot as he was 20 years ago yadda yadda yadda-he’s Brad Pitt. Everyone will watch the commercial more people then watched Nicole Kidman’s.
But he DOES look older and not as good. So does Clooney and so does Jude. Sorry but if we give heat to women for aging then we need to be fair and give dudes the same critical treatment.
He looks older but SO WHAT??? I think Clooney looks worse and Jude Law looks about the same except hes 10 yrs younger… But my point is that looks don’t matter not because he’s a man but because he’s Brad f-ing Pitt.
@ mln
Yep, Brad looks older, like he should, but he still has “IT”. The walk, the voice, and looks. The whole package.
Kit, Brad is my age and well, he is a good looking man and has aged OK. He never did anything for me when “we” were younger and he still doesn’t as “we’ve” aged. Oh, and I would believe that the outside package can’t compare to having a big…uh personality. 🙂
@mln-you say that like he’s the male equivalent of Meryl Streep. He’s not. Again, he’s attractive, he’s just not as hot as he used to be. In my opinion. Which I’m entitled to. Agree to disagree? 😉
@ Chat-Another reason why Fassy wins over BP (for us at least) any day of the week 😉
I don’t agree. I didn’t like his younger babyface, but now… he is getting sexier by the day.
Sadly, true.
Brad in Fight Club
Brad now
Does not measure up to the old hotness. Still sexy, just older. We always rag about the women aging, let’s talk about the men. Clooney looks old too.
@ the original kitten NOT Meryl Streep in terms of talent he’s Brad Pitand as I said earlier its not about his looks its about his movie Star allure which is why for the past 2 decades the public at large has continually been invested in him whereas say Richard Greico or Jason Patric or any other pretty boy actor of the early 90s has faded. Love him or Hate him he is iconic without question which is why hes a perfect fit for Chanel.
But that’s not the same as buying the perfume. You could say it is helping with brand recognition but we’re talking about Chanel here, it’s already probably the most well-known perfume out there.
Well I disagree Chanel no 5 is branded as grandma perfume. Brad Pitt brings a modern Hollywood allure now of course Brad can’t make Chanel no 5 not smell like granny but it helps to rebrand.
LOL, I didn’t know Chanel had branded No. 5 as Grandma perfume, but there are lots of diff. Chanel perfumes. Not sure which one he is hawking but at this point, Brad Pitt is our “old Hollywood”.
Chanel No. 5 a grandma perfume?
I was sneaking my mom’s Chanel when I was 10 years old. I loved it.
And now I AM a grandma, but I still love it. I am 49. Does that make me too old to matter?
Wow, Maddox. Did Shiloh take a leak in your Cheerios?
Brad is gorgeous- he is smokin’ hot and thank god (or whoever) that he hasn’t gotten any thing done. He is older and more delicious then ever. I like the perfume too.
Brad Pitt is really going to have to bring it because it’s going to be hard to top Rodrigo Santoro in his Chanel No5 commercial with Nicole Kidman. RS made me want to rush to the Chanel counter for a sample. So far, the only thing Brad Pitt makes me want to do is rush for a stick of deodorant and a hair appointment.
I think that’s odd to have a guy repping perfume, but I guess if it works, why not?
BP reminds me so much of Robert Redford, more and more so as he ages.
Don’t get me wrong-he’s still a handsome guy but I remember thinking he was the hottest guy alive around the time of 12 Monkeys.
Now he’s like a handsome older dude, not *hot* really…
He does nothing for me, but I saw a nude shot of him. I have to say I was impressed with the girth of it.
*ears perking*
REALLY?!?!
Might have to reconsider my assessment, although he’s on his way to Blue Pill Land soon…
Naw, Kitten…he is tiny, tiny. I was shocked when I saw ‘it.’ Under-endowed at best.
Oh come on…I can’t handle the conflicting intel. Which is it?????
Get me Angie’s phone number!
@ OKitten
Just google it & your mind will be at peace. The paps caught him playing hide the weenie with Goop.
Five minutes of Googling Pitt and Paltrow nude will get you there, Kitten.
Those shots are still floating around 15 years later.
Well I know what I’m doing when I get out of work.
Saw the pics already. I think his “stuff” looks normal. Didn’t seems to be in “full capacity” at the time. LOL.
But I always think if your partner knows how to use it well, how to please you, despite the size, big or medium, you wouldn’t complain. 😉
Here’s what I think about his hotness. Lol. He’s not as hot as he used to be but he is far, far hotter than the average guy. I’m about his age and if a guy who looked like that moved into our community/neighborhood, I can guarantee that heads would be turning. Big time. I know some nice looking guys, who even manage to dress stylishly, but I can’t think of anyone I know who comes close to him, attractiveness-wise.
Ha ha..Oh well if you’re going to go THERE, Esmom-OF COURSE! He’s a million times hotter than the average guy. My point was that he used to be a 10, he’s a 7/8 now. It’s aging-it happens. I know.
Don’t get me wrong-I’m pretty sure all of us would bone his brains out given the chance. I’m just using the context of how hot he used to be (River Runs?).
@TOK: Any guy going on 50 who rates a 7/8 is hot. Period.
@TOK, I went there because that’s how I’ve been looking at things as I age, I guess. River Runs may very well have been the epitome of his hotness and charm. Even my mom swooned over him in that film…and I thought she was immune to that stuff.
But I’m not ashamed to admit I swooned over him even in Moneyball. I am in my mid-40s, however, and I can totally see why the younger crowd might not get it. Still I’d take him over Liam or even Chris Hemsworth, for example, any day, even if I were a decade or two younger, I’m pretty sure.
FIGHT CLUB!
So sexy. Yes.
I actually don’t quite get the huge obsession with how he looked in Fight Club. I’m not saying he wasn’t hot (he was) but I thought he was just a little too … groomed. Yes, he had the huge 6 (8?) pack and the cocky charm, but I think he waxed his chest hair off, and I’m sorry, but a guy waxing just *really* turns me off.
Unless we’re talking werewolf levels of body fur, I think it’s a bit OTT.
Mr & Mrs Moneygrubbers
Because it *is* Brad Pitt. I think there are enough reasons altogether in a name here.
eau de Brad…sniff, sniff…
No thanks.
I wonder how much they paid the women. Hmmm.
He is worth every penny and more.
I won’t be buying it, not because of Brad (love Brad) but I know I will be in the minority here, I just can’t stand the smell of it. It smells to “grandmay (is that a word?)to me.
Me to, it’s such an old lady scent. I hate Shalimar and Youth Dew by Estee Lauder as well, such heavy, stuffy, cloying perfumes.
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Yup, No5 is not for everyone – too heavy, too classic, too old/mature for me.
Ladies … that’s why you only use a very, VERY small dab of perfume at one or two pulse points. Anything more is overkill.
+ 1. My grandma’s handbags all smelled like this. She would put a little piece of perfumed linen in her bag every Sunday and it was scented all week long. A nice thing to do, I guess, but because of that, forever Grandma scent to me.
I like Brad and I think it’s a good change of pace for a guy to do the ad, but seriously, can’t he get his hair cut/shower/shave first, or I guess then he loses his “appeal”….I noticed that once he moved to Europe/France he started that whole thing.
Maybe he can bring samples home for the girls. I can see Zahara wearing it !
LMAO check out old pictures of Brad he was always finding an excuse to grow an unsightly beard.
Yes, I think almost from Day 1 in Hollywood he was trying to tone down his good looks so that TBTB would see him as more than just a pretty face.
He can’t cut his hair yet, he still has a few weeks of reshoots for World War Z.
Zahara…. and Viv! 🙂
Every year I try on No. 5 but it’s just not my scent, Brad Pitt or not.
Love Coco Mademoiselle though!
So horrible. Smells like old lady.
Kitten, do you think it makes him then smell better then usual? We know he doesn’t think to highly of hygiene so even “old lady” might be better then B.O. 🙂
B.O. doused with old lady?
*gags*
Bwahaha. That’s exactly what I think.
For a fraction of the cost, just buy Obsession for her!
Coco Mademoiselle is really nice.
I always imagine him to smell like weed an sweat, isnt he known to be au natural?
I always imagine him to smell like weeed an sweat, isnt he known to be au natural?
In that last photo, he’s starting to look like Benicio Del Toro.
I love the idea of new approaches in fashion. He’s yum and it is new and different. Yes.
I say he’s worth it. Brad has a good voice so I’m interested in seeing(even though I’ve seen some pics already) and hearing the new ads.
Hi Toot!
I’m curious too. But I feel that fellow should not have given out the plot. Takes away the mystery of the ad
Hi Diana. Yeah, the whole detail description could have been kept out, but I still want to hear it. 😀
Meh, they’re painting it like it’s a giant risk or revolutionary. It’s Chanel No. 5, they could have Danny DeVito or the Taco Bell dog in the ad campaign and it would still sell because it’s iconic.
If they were using a man to launch an entirely new fragrance I’d think that was ballsy.
You know you all will rush to see the commercial when it comes out 😀 lol
Yay for Guam!
“To keep a legend fresh, you always have to change its point of view” – Very well said. Don Draper would say that. It’s a good move to have a man represent a perfume for women. It can work on perfume-loving ladies and also Brad-loving ladies. I’m not into either. I have zero knowledge on perfumes and anyway can’t afford them on a student budget.
I like the scruffy, long-hair Brad. There is more character to him now than before when he was more doll-like beautiful. Dude is aging well.
Hi Mira,
Waiting for Brad Pitt to act in a bollywood movie!
Hey Diana! Howdy? Brad in a bollywood movie…lol!
Off topic…Legends of the Fall (Tristan) galloping on a horse..that is still my favorite BP movie. Brad has aged very well, has six children with AJ, and a career. Sometimes he is not very eloquent when giving interviews, but Brad is well-liked in Hollywood, does not seem to offend anyone..except Jen.
Damn! I never though Chanel was the kind of House to shell that much moolah for anyone.
I’m probably in the minority, but I’ve never even had a whiff of Chanel no 5. But I’m not a perfume person. meh, whatever. If they think he can sell it. He’s still kind of handsome as he gets older.
He’s so overrated in looks and talent. Not worth it, IMO.
Goat-boy has to do something to keep paying the expenses of all those kids.
Besides he always looks like he smells so this is just selling one of his famous attributes – the stink.
I think he’ll sell a lot of perfume for Chanel… detractors aside, many women absolutely love the Pitt!
I’m probably going to get heat for this one, but I think his star is fading. We don’t hear that much about him, he doesn’t do alot of publicity and only a movie here and there. I don’t think he really cares anyway. I don’t think he has the passion for acting like he used to.
You shouldn’t get any heat, it’s your opinion. I think Brad prefers it this way. He’s been saying that his time is pretty much gone and it’s a younger man’s game for a while so I don’t think it bothers him.
No heat….but I think you are wrong. According to SEVERAL Hollywood agents, insiders,Directors etc. Brad Pitt (along with Angelina) is ONE of a handful of actors that can get a movie green lighted by name only. That says power. And if Channel was willing to pay me 7 million dollars to model in ads. I would take it in a New York minute. Brad Pitt’s star is far from fading…and he is almost 50. BTW, in several interviews during KTS screening last month. Brad said he was going to do less promo work on his films. Wants to spend more time with his family.
Billy Goat Brad is a hustler, baby.
I love Brad more than words. He is beyond worth it. It definetly brings more attention to the Brand than before no doubt about it ask regular people who read ET newses. Though it is true the Brand is 100 years old so it obviously has been selling itself.
There is no harm done by putting a famous name of Brad Pitt. Some people offcourse there is a pure jealousy and competition that make them to say catty things.
Brad is hot but I’m sick of him and Angie. Keep one million and quietly donate it to a charity. Assumption Parish folks in Louisiana have lost their homes and are suffering right this minute while this man sells perfume.
I didn’t know that Brad Pitt is actually FEMA.
So, you think it’s his & Angie’s job to donate whenever there are disasters? There many celebs who are richer than these 2 combine, why dont you go after them.
Anyway, I’ll bye anything he sells.
Sick of them???
They have barely been seen all summer. It is like they disappeared the last couple of months.
Why single them out?
They donate just as much if not more than other celebs. They earned their money & are free to buy nice things.
Go tell Oprah to just keep one million!!!
I bet you would not keep only one million.
I just always wonder why? This man has millions over and over. He is 50 has 6 children. Why do an add for a perfume? Does he need the money? The publicity for his new movie? Any answers? I never understand any celebrity that does commericals. It just does not make sense.
I say why not!
A days work making 7 million dollars is something most people would take no matter how much they have in the bank.
Nothing wrong with a commercial (unless you are pre-menopausal and wearing fake baby bumps like pregnancy is some joke)
Nope, He’s not handsome anymore.
How is that second photo of him not handsome?
He is almost 50 and looks better than men his age and younger.
Agree. The mam is almost 50. I’ll take him any day over man in their 30s or 40
Good for Brad. Take all this money offered for a few days of work at the most. I know I would lol.
Many celebs are doing commercials now and have for years, many do ad voice overs as well.
#5 is not a favorite scent of mine but I will enjoy the commercials.
Why??? Do we need to ask, Chanel will make even more millions, baby, it’s a little thing marketing people call Brand Name Recoginition. Brad is at the top of his game, both career wise and looks like he’s very happy personally. It’s all good. Looking forward to to seeing his new movie Killing Them Softly, it’s getting rave reviews in Europe.
It sounds like the commercial is playing on the viewer imagining he’s speaking to Angelina Jolie, or the viewer as his stand-in spouse. So the ghost of Angelina Jolie should be getting half of that fee.
The George Clooney ad from Norway is still the best of this wish-fulfillment fantasy type, though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_8TGTKdrlY
I’ve never really been a Brad Pitt girl, but I find myself getting really hot for him the older he gets. Weird.
I am intrigued by a man selling a woman’s perfume and I think Brad is still attractive but I do not think he is the right face for Chanel No.5. I am trying to think of the face I would like but I keep thinking Cary Grant and I am fairly certain he is unavailable so who else? Matt Bomer? Taye Diggs?
But then, I wear this “old lady” smell; I guess I am just old-fashioned. Rochester seems to like it…
Wow, to me, he’s still hot. Even hotter as he ages, actually. If I came across him suddenly, I’m pretty sure I’d swoon. Couldn’t care less about the perfume though and I wouldn’t buy it no matter who’s selling it. Hate those heavy, cloying perfumes/colognes though. Ugh.
Unless he’s had botox and fillers and lots of photoshop, Braddie no longer looks like the middle picture.
Oh lulu, lol. So much hate.
it’s not HATE, it’s the GD TRUTH LOL
Tragic, Chanel please bring back the ladies the Vanessas the Keiras the Audreys etc etc
Wait, isn’t this an answer to the blind vice about the actor who had to do a commercial because of his astronomical gambling debts?
yes, it was a reveal on CDAN.
Ha, ha, ha! Spinner, of course, you again!!! How’s Jennifer Aniston doing?
CDAN is a proven liar who admits himself that he makes up all his blind items just to see people freak out trying to solve them. Also, blind items like that one are ridiculous. Actors do commercial work all the time so you can easily attribute that item to anyone then it makes CDAN seem “credible”.
Excellent marketing strategy.
“Pay him big;they gripe/whinge etc;
More people look to see what is the fuss
is about also find out about an excellent product; sales go up”.
In a capitalist system the supplier is paid what the customer thinks he is worth.So……
If they manage to inject a little humor into it it might work.
Brad is still a handsome guy. He’s not the hunky young hearthrob he was, though.
Brad Pitt is gorgeous. Hard for someone to stand out in terms of looks in Hollywood, but he is a real knockout.
http://anythinghollywood.com/2011/05/10-beautiful-celebrities/
omg he looks older than he did 20 years ago! How strange.
I love Brad. The man is timeless. If Chanel wanted George or Jude or whomever that is who they would have approached, but they didn’t
Besides Brad is an International Star. That may not be something is critics don’t get. Yes there are many male stars that are popular here, but not overseas. And believe it or not the USA is not the only place that matters.
Brad Pitt is 49. and yeah older. a few wrinkles. But shit the man is still the total package. Would love to see where some of these others he is being compared to are when they are 49. I don’t think they will still be that big a deal..
hell yeah Brad Pitt is still fcuking hot.
He is 48 for now.
The man just gets better and better with age.
I found it interesting that the Chanel spokesperson said this:
‘We think very much that the perfume is a seduction between a man, a woman and the perfume.’
Really? Because I could think of many words to describe Chanel No 5 – classic, sophisticated, unique, Parisien – but sexy would NOT be one of them. I don’t think No 5 is ‘seductive’ at all. So I find the idea of having it advertised by the ‘world’s sexiest man’ (in about 1995) to be a bit strange.
Funny how many interviewers remark how great he always smells. yet folks who have never met him claim he stinks.As for penis size maybe he is a grower not a shower like my man(smile).Pitt was just named #5 most valuable star in Hollywood, his last 4 films have received. Oscar noms CCOBB,IB,TOL,MB.As for charity donations what about Hanks,Depp,Sandler,Stiller…?
As far as I know hanks, Depp and Sandler do donate/do stuff for charity (I don’t know about stiller) it just tends to be less publicized. White guys are often growers… Lol
He’s TOTALLY worth it. He’s looks fantastic. Such a good looking man, when he was young and still now that he’s older.
Well, shoot, Sorry, THeOriginalKitten, to get your hopes up. I thought Brad was average length but very thick from a kind of blurry photo I saw a while back. I guess the blurriness added width, because I looked at the other photos mentioned on here by Sprinner. Very average, thin, not thick. Oh, well.
There’s no way to know this unless a man is hard. I don’t understand why there are so many women out there that don’t know this.
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Because they’re virgins, Jordan. They have unrealistic size expectations due to porn.
No male HW star has Brad Pitt’s Swagger (walk). Brad will always win that case hands down. That why he’s still hot at almost 50 years old.
I can’t be convinced that Brad Pitt loves a woman wearing Chanel 5. He’s with Jolie. She probably smells like leather and poison and juniper and refugees.
Yes, it’s hard to believe that Pitt would love Chanel 5. Speaking of scents, my friend rode in an elevator with Angelina a few years ago in DC, and said that she smells like strawberries. I think I also read that she loves Carolina Herrera perfume. So, who knows, lol!
What do refugees smell like?
Worth it!
Justin Bieber is doing a pretty good job selling HIS fragrance for females… it’s an advertising approach that has already been tested effectively. Chanel isn’t really going out on a limb here…
there will never be a better Chanel #5 ad than Ridley Scott’s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVwvmozG6-A
Lots of ugly judgmental comments here. He may be giving it all to charity, but even if he didn’t, it’s his life, not yours. And I think many of your would feel pretty good if you looked this good at any stage of your life.
When it comes to Brad and Angelina people are so hypocritical. Why is it okay for George Clooney, Natalie Portman, etc to do commercials but for Brad it’s a sign of desperation and greed? Nobody says Julia Roberts and Charlize Theron have to give their fees to charity but people are raging that Brad probably isn’t.
Apart from the fact Brad Pitt’s kind of looks aren’t the type that appeals to me, and apart from the fact Chanel are choosing a man to promote their products, what strikes me as obscene is the sum of money Chanel has available to give to one person to do basically nothing? $7 million? I wonder what sort of money Chanel gives towards corporate social responsibility or towards environmental issues? Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie contribute a lot of good to the world in the way of charitable acts, and who wouldn’t accept that sort of sum as payment for doing so little, but what do such already wealthy people do with that cash I wonder?! Buy more trophy houses and trophy cars? I guess at the end of the day it is the cash that so many consumers are willing to pay for trophies and status symbols of which Chanel label products is just another.
It’s not so much for doing nothing that they pay all this money. It’s for being allowed to be associated with such a famous movie star.
I love Brad. He’s one of the few actively working real movie stars we have left. Sure, there are some that are more talented…but Brad just kind of has the it factor of looks, charisma, personality, and talent. There was an interesting article by a film journalist about how there are very few celebrities that can open a movie on their name alone nowadays….those celebrities are Brad, Angelina, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, George Clooney, and Johnny Depp…Although I think Johnny would be off the list because of The Rum Diary and Dark Shadows. Meryl Streep and Daniel Day Lewis are incredibly talented and in the same rank, but they don’t have the box office pull that the others do (although they do have some box office pull)… There’s probably only ten or so major movie stars left…Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Christopher Plummer, Daniel Day Lewis, Brad, Angelina, George, Matt Damon, Anthony Hopkins, Denzel, and Will Smith….I can’t think of anyone else who is on that A+ level that can bring both the money and talent to to the table. Leo and Kate Winslet are both talented, but neither have that glamour that the others have…Leo’s bloated face and high pitched voice keep him from fitting that classic movie star persona.
None of the younger celebrities can really live up to Brad, Denzel, etc… Maybe Garrett Hedlund will manage to develop into that sort of actor, as he is supposedly excellent in On the Road which is coming out in December, is in an upcoming movie with Amy Adams, and will be in a Coen Brothers film…and maybe Oscar Isaacs. Fassbender, for sure with Shame and the Counselor. That’s about it really though…
You can add Liam Neesom in that category now. He was always A list talent, but not necessarily huge box office draw. After the huge and never expected success of Taken, he has become that. The Grey and Unknown on the strength of Liam had very solid openings as far as box office, 20 million (Grey) to 20 something million (Unknown) for both movies, and were number one in their opening weekends. The A Team was second place and probably never made the money they wanted for a huge movie like that but still opened with 26 million or so. The Wrath of the Titans movie did 33 million, and his name was used a lot in the promotions. As was his name used a lot in promotions for Battleship and interviews even though his part was small and opened with great numbers.
Taken 2 will probably open this weekend between 40 and 45 million and will further show the draw of Liam Neeson as the movie is getting average to bad reviews. Without him Taken 2 would not be the success it will be.
Kate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Colin Firth….though kate and judi maybe in DDL and Streep’s category.
Also, I have always loved RDJ, long before his sherlock and iron man days-he is dam talented-I think he fits this category, though I guess he cannot open a movie with his name.
I’m always surprised by george clooney-that he is so powerful of a draw. I’ve only seen him in a couple of movies, nad one of them was the oceans series….
would Matt Damon be on the list?
i’m sure julia roberts would be offended that you left her off the list-lol.
but she doesn’t draw the crowds anymore.
anyway, it’s all franchises, special effects or indie movies these days….
Oh, but forever we must keep Anthony Hopkins on our list!!!!
Brad Pitt is so gorgeous. Hard for someone to stand out in terms of looks in Hollywood, but he is a real knockout.
http://anythinghollywood.com/2011/05/10-beautiful-celebrities/
Brad is timeless. And while I listen to women sometimes regarding men. well I pay more attention to what other men say about a man. Men are forever fangirling over Brad Pitt. And to me that is amazing. Men talk about him with such awe. And when guys talk about how good looking you are and are not ashamed to say it, well then you have something.
I know the guys the women on this site are forever talking about. But I have said it before. Many of those men don’t have a male audience. They don’t have other men that look at them as an example of what they want to be. Brad Pitt has that. It is why many of these men have not gotten the attention they want. Brad in is younger years should have been a guy that would have turned off some men. He had such a beautiful face. And for guys that was not the kind of man they gravitated towards. But Brad was different. Men didn’t run from seeing him on screen. They wanted to be him so that is why at 48 we have everyone and their uncle being compared to him. How many times have you heard someone say this is the next Brad Pitt. I don’t hear that with a lot of other actors.
Brad is ICONIC. And like him or not he has earned that status. There isn’t another Brad Pitt on the horizon. And that to me makes him worth every single penny they are paying him.
I don’t wear perfume usually, but in all honesty I’ll buy a small bottle.
If you don’t usually wear perfume, you can get body wash, lotion, body creme, body oil, powder, etc, instead. You get a lighter fragrance profile that way and if you normally use one of those products you just replace it with a Chanel No. 5 one (or some other fragrance), so you don’t have to remember to put on perfume. 🙂
Thanks…
While I don’t wear perfume, I do use body splashes and lotion. Love a good lotion. And I live for coco butter. And will mix it with a scented lotion. I don’t use bath stuff. I think they are terrible for women.
but like I said I will buy a small bottle.
I love that second picture of Brad. It was from the Entertainment Weekly interview. One of the best he has done IMO. great insight into his film work, which is very impressive.
Necessary. If you’re going to gamble away $2 million in a single night, you better start looking for a way to make some extra dosh.
And, FTR, I’ve been wearing Chanel No. 5 for a quarter of a century, I’ve probably got 3 bottles in the bedroom right now, plus lotion, hair fragrance, soap, etc. This commercial won’t sway me one way or the other.
Brad Pitt has NEVER been known as a bigtime celeb gambler in Tinseltown, and if he were it would be public knowledge. Now the reality is that BenA and Tobey Maguire have been known to spend excessive amounts gambling(Leo as well) and having to repay money won from losers who stole from others and/or had to file for bankrupcy (look up the legal settlement that compelled Tobey and others who gambled big time to fork over huge amounts of money). These things are a matter of public record unlike a certain site’s nothingness.
Anyone who actually believes anything written on a site where the blogger himself admits that he makes up his so called blind items needs to clean out the cobwebs cluttering up their mind, LOL.
Tobey Maguire was recently in Prada ads. I thought it was so random, but the gambling issue makes sense. And wasn’t gambling and strip clubs a reason that JLO dumped Affleck? I would have guessed that Damon was the gambler because there is something not quite right about his squeaky clean image.
I didn’t believe it or even think it was a possibility until I saw this. He makes enough from movies. I see no reason he should whore himself out for advertising otherwise. It’s weird. Like Adrian Brody and Tobey McGuire in commercials.
I don’t get why they put stars in commercials and pay them the massive amounts. Not one star has ever swayed me toward the product they are hawking. I guess they think it brings attention to their product just by them being in the commercial, but it doesn’t affect me. They usually are in commercials for well-established lines already.
Chanel has always tried to associate itself with Hollywood icons. Remember the Marilyn Monroe Chanel ad? So, that I understand. I’m just not sure why a celebrity would choose to do it. Especially Brad Pitt. He’s never struck me as a Chanel kind of guy. His buddy George Clooney seems more “classic” in looks and style and therefore more fitting for this type of ad, though I don’t really see why he would do it either.
Good for him. He’s getting paid to do what celebrities do best: sit in front of a camera and look good.
Bet he’ll use a substantial portion of the payment to fund useful causes.
I really hope he does.
overrated Hobo whose movies bore and whose self-importance reeks more strongly than a vat of Chanel perfumes.
Ah, for the days of Alain Delon gracing the perfume/cologne ads. A man with a sense of celebrity but also modesty
it’s obvious you don’t like him. So why are you still seeing his “boring movies”
lol
A shave and a haircut please! Remember Legends of the Fall….he was clean shaven and probably the best looking man ever to be in a movie. The shaggy messy look does him no favours IMO.
Legend of The Falls. Sooooo yum. ICONIC.
This world sickens me. People continue to revert to discussions about Brad Pitt’s looks, completely missing the main point – a man is being paid 7 MILLION dollars to promote perfume.
I have known people that suffer and struggle their entire lives to barely break 1 million. They lose families, friendships…. A happy life all in pursuit of money.
Brad Pitt is being GIVEN 7 MILLION…. For what? For nothing, that’s what. This world is a joke… A bad joke, and I’m not laughing…. But Brad Pitt will be laughing every day for the rest of his life.
NO ONE is worth that much money. Not for a few lousy commercials.
But whatever…. Lets talk about how hot he was compared to how he looks now. Lets talk about whether he’s had plastic surgery.
This world is backwards.