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Brad Pitt

1 Open answers
2 Open answers
3 a

Springfield, Missouri

b

38 years old

c

Yes, he did.

d

It was his first speaking role on TV.

e

She was the center of his private life.

f

It made him a star.

4 Possible answers

a

He is very close to them.

b

He learned a lot about acting and met
his first serious girlfriend.

c

Because he is very good-looking

5 Open answers
6 a

‘Seven’

b

b ‘ARiver Runs Through It’

c

‘Interview with The Vampire’

d

‘Johnny Suede’

e

‘Cool World’

f

‘12 Monkeys’

g

‘ARiver Runs Through It’

h

‘Meet Joe Black’

i

‘True Romance’

j

‘Kalifornia’

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■ Communicative activities

Activities before reading the book

1 (a) kind/do

(b) Who are your favourite actor and

actress

(c) is / the / watched
(d) How often do you go to the cinema?
(e) think/earn

2 Open answers
3 Open answers

Activities after reading a section

Open answers except

Chapters 1–3

Brad was born in Oklahoma on December
18th, 1963. His full name is William Bradley
Pitt. At high school Brad sang in a band with
three other boys. All the girls loved Brad
because of his friendly smile, beautiful body
and wonderful blue eyes. Brad left school and
went to Hollywood when he was twenty-two
years old. He did different jobs there to pay
for his acting classes and his apartment. His
first important role was in the television show
‘Dallas’. He spent five weeks on the show.

Activities after reading the book

Open answers

■ Students’ activities

Activities before reading the book

1 likes

good movies with strong
stories and strong acting
trying different roles

dislikes

talking to newspapers

personality nice

adventurous

shy

Answers to Factsheet activities

Answers to Book activities

appearance handsome, blonde, blue

eyes, beard and mustache,
sexy, memorable

other

rich and famous

2 (a) False – Everyone likes him

(b) True
(c) True
(d) False – He thinks that other actors

look like vegetables compared to Brad
Pitt.

(e) True
(f) False

Activities while reading the book

Chapters 1–3

1 (a) He learned not to do things if he didn’t

enjoy them.

(b) William Bradley Pitt.
(c) He liked music, sports and girls.
(d) He went to college.
(e) He had a car accident.
(f) He decided to go to Hollywood.

2 (a) How did he get to Hollywood?

(b) What did he do outside Pollo Loco?
(c) Who did he live with?
(d) What did he do in his second acting

role?

(e) How long was he in ‘Dallas’?
(f) What role did he play in ‘Dallas’?

Chapters 4–6

1 (a) Brad dated his ex-wife.

(b) She made a movie with him and

became his girlfriend.

(c) He directed ‘Thelma and Louise’.
(d) He dated her and she fell in love with

him.

(e) He directed ‘ARiver Runs Through It’.
(f) He made ‘Cape Fear ’ with Juliette

Lewis.

2

decide / have / kills / run / driving / spends
/ steals / costs

3 (a) He played Amanda’s crazy boyfriend,

Billy.

(b) He played a strange, sad musician.
(c) He played the younger, wilder brother.

Chapters 7–8

1 (a) ‘Kalifornia’

(b) Juliette Lewis
(c) ‘Legends of the Fall’and ‘Interview

with a Vampire’

(d) Anthony Hopkins / Tom Cruise /

Christian Slater / Antonio Banderas

(e) They said that Brad and Tom Cruise

were not happy together.

(f) He was tired and the film was difficult

and depressing.

2 c / a / d / e / f / b

Chapter 9

1 (a) False – He wanted to be in a smaller

film, ‘Seven’.

(b) False – She became his girlfriend.
(c) True
(d) True
(e) False – He worked in a hospital.
(f) True

2 (a) He wanted Brad to be in ‘Apollo 13’.

(b) She played Brad’s wife in ‘Seven’and

was his girlfriend.

(c) He directed ‘Twelve Monkeys’.

(d) He played with Brad in ‘Twelve

Monkeys’.

(e) This was the name of Brad’s character in

‘Twelve Monkeys’.

(f) He played with Brad in ‘Seven’.

Chapters 10–11

1 (a) He made a film called ‘7 Years in Tibet’.

(b) He went there with Gwyneth Paltrow to

the opening of ‘Legends of the Fall’.

(c) He took Gwyneth there to meet his

family at Christmas.

(d) He had a vacation there with Gwyneth.

2 (a) He was angry because there were

photographs of him and Gwyneth on
vacation in the newspapers and
magazines.

(b) He was 32.
(c) She thought they were too young.
(d) They were together for 2 years.
(e) He earned $17,000,000.
(f) His new girlfriend is Jennifer Aniston
(g) She is in the TV show friends.
(h) He took her to Missouri to meet his

family.

Activities after reading the book

Open answers

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