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\n Related: <\/span>Geena Davis Jokingly Takes Credit for Brad Pitt in \u2018Thelma and Louise\u2019<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tGeena Davis is jokingly taking responsibility for getting Brad Pitt his career-defining role in 1991\u2019s Thelma & Louise. \u201cBrad earned the part \u2013 obviously,\u201d Davis, 68, told Entertainment Tonight at the Bentonville Film Festival in Bentonville, Arkansas, on Thursday, June 20. \u201cThere were three other guys that I read with. They wanted to see these [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Clooney and Pitt have been longtime friends and costars, often discussing the Thelma & Louise <\/i>casting battle.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh yeah, he gives me s***,\u201d Clooney quipped of Pitt. \u201cBut, of course, when I saw it, I was, like, well it had to be that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pitt\u2019s J.D. has a major topless scene, which is how Clooney knew he wasn\u2019t right for the part.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw that at the cinema and when Brad took his shirt off people went nuts,\u201d Clooney\u2019s\u00a0 Jay Kelly <\/i>costar Adam Sandler<\/strong> jokingly told The Times. <\/i>\u201cBut it should have been you, Clooney.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Thelma-and-Louise-MCDTHAN_EC022\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thelma-and-Louise-MCDTHAN_EC022.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Geena Davis and Brad Pitt.<\/span> MGM\/ Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPitt and Clooney were just two of the actors that fought to play J.D. on the big screen<\/a>, alongside Grant Show<\/strong> and Mark Ruffalo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\u201cOnce I was cast, it was down to four finalists for that role,\u201d Davis, now 69, said on the Graham Norton Show <\/i><\/a>in 2022, detailing how Pitt was cast. \u201cThey said, \u2018Would you read with them, so we could see\u00a0 [with] each one?\u2019 [They all] came in, each one was handsome, they all had brown hair and were very talented. I didn\u2019t care who it was going to be.\u201d<\/p>\nAccording to Davis, Pitt was the last man to try out for the part.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s so charismatic and so incredibly talented that I was screwing up his audition because I forgot to say my line,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Wow, he\u2019s really talented.\u2019 I didn\u2019t know if they wanted my opinion or not, but I said, \u2018Would you be interested in knowing my reaction?\u2019 They said, \u2018Oh, please.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n Geena Davis and Brad Pitt.<\/span> MGM\/ Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Pitt and Clooney were just two of the actors that fought to play J.D. on the big screen<\/a>, alongside Grant Show<\/strong> and Mark Ruffalo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce I was cast, it was down to four finalists for that role,\u201d Davis, now 69, said on the Graham Norton Show <\/i><\/a>in 2022, detailing how Pitt was cast. \u201cThey said, \u2018Would you read with them, so we could see\u00a0 [with] each one?\u2019 [They all] came in, each one was handsome, they all had brown hair and were very talented. I didn\u2019t care who it was going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n According to Davis, Pitt was the last man to try out for the part.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s so charismatic and so incredibly talented that I was screwing up his audition because I forgot to say my line,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Wow, he\u2019s really talented.\u2019 I didn\u2019t know if they wanted my opinion or not, but I said, \u2018Would you be interested in knowing my reaction?\u2019 They said, \u2018Oh, please.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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