“I got scared when I saw Brad Pitt”: Gosha Kutsenko told how he was embarrassed in front of the Hollywood actor 05/15/2023, 09:30

The actor recalled how in 2013 he refused to work in the film “World War Z”, in which Angelina Jolie’s husband played the main role. American agents contacted Gosha – it turned out that they were looking for an actor from Russia and decided on the brutal and charismatic Kutsenko.

“Ten years ago I was offered to try it. Filming with Brad Pitt in London all summer. They send a text, such a monologue on an A4 page, and say – try it. I read and see that I can sort of read the word, but I don’t understand it all together. It’s such a dismissive, fast American language. And I realize that I will never learn it, “said Gosha.

At this time, the actor was planning a vacation with his wife Irina in Bali. He hoped to improve his English and pass his text during the holidays. But the rest went so well that Gosha didn’t even take the text. “And then they call me and say – Brad Pitt wants to talk to you directly. They looked at your photo, you look good to them,” the actor recalled on the series “What should a woman do when she has two lovers, but you have to choose one.”

According to the plot of the Hollywood film, Gosha should play a Russian cancer patient. However, he looked tanned and recovered after his rest, which made him feel unsure that he would be up to the task. The actor hoped to lose weight and learn the lyrics, but after talking with Brad Pitt, he finally abandoned this idea.

“We were connected by video,” he says, “God, you’re playing great. Read the lyrics.” When I saw him, I thought: horror, shame! I got scared, turned off the phone, they called in a month. My principal said, “You’re going to curse yourself.” They offered me a fantastic fee, £10k a day. But that’s all, I forgot about this project, “said Kutsenko on the YouTube show Laysan Utyasheva.

The role was given to Konstantin Khabensky, Gosha learned about it when he met a colleague at the airport, he was just returning from filming. At the same time, Konstantin told him that Brad Pitt made a very good impression on him. “Khabensky told me he was amazing. She says she is twice as good as Angelina Jolie. And Kostya also played with Angelina, “added the Honored Artist of Russia. However, the epic scenes with Khabensky, who spent two months filming the project, were eventually cut from the final version, the ending was reshot without his participation.