14 DAY TRIAL // Married life seems to have gotten actor Brad Pitt to change his stance on what married life is all about. While before tying the knot with his longtime partner Angelina Jolie, in a very secret ceremony held at their French estate, he maintained that marriage was just a piece of paper that added nothing to a serious commitment, he is singing a different tune now.
Pitt is featured in the November 2014 issue of the British GQ, most likely to promote his starring role in the upcoming war movie “Fury.” Excerpts released so far promise a very interesting read when the full edition comes out at newsstands.
Marriage is more than “just a title”
This being Brad Pitt we’re talking about, two of these excerpts focus on his relatively new status as a newlywed. He and Angelina were married last month, in a ceremony that included only 22 guests with the bride and groom and their 6 children together. Everything was conducted in such secrecy that the public didn’t find out until a few days later, when a publicist issued a statement to announce the happy news. Had they chosen to, fans at home would have never found out about it. During their years together, whenever the wedding questions came up, they would often say that, where they were concerned, it was just a piece of paper that would change nothing in their relationship. However, they added, they were choosing to put it off until every other person in the US could also get legally married no matter their orientation. People change in time, and so did these two: forgetting about gender equality, they were married before everyone else in the US could. Brad also seems to have had a change of heart about what married life means to him. “I wouldn’t say [marriage is] just a title. There’s more to it than that,” he tells the publication. He also says that “happiness is overrated” and that what gives value and meaning to a relationship is not happiness, but what happens in those dark moments when it’s absent. He calls it “a series of trade-offs,” “of wins and losses,” a point of view consistent with Angelina’s, who said it was the bad times, along with the good, that made her love Brad and trust in him as her partner for life.
On his good pal George Clooney
Timed to coincide with the wedding extravaganza still taking place in Venice, Italy, right now, the interview also includes a few words from Brad about his good friend George Clooney. By the way, both Brad and Angelina skipped the wedding (to international rights attorney Amal Alamuddin) because they’re shooting a new film in Malta, their first together since “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Plus, we assume, the entire wedding weekend was a bit too much for the usually more media-shy Brad and Angelina: George really went out of his way to accommodate the paparazzi, not even trying to hide from them on his wedding day or any other time he stepped out in Venice with the wedding party. The same goes for his beautiful fiancée / now-wife Amal. They might have skipped the wedding, but don’t rush to assume the worst: from what Pitt is saying, they have nothing but love for each other, their bromance is as strong as ever. “Well, you know, George is extremely accessible,” Brad says, referring to George’s comment of how “unreachable” he is. “He’s one of our best representatives. He’s funny as [hell]. He’s a joy to be around. I guess maybe I’m more of a miserable bastard. [laughs]. I’m a bit of a loner you know? I’m more quiet by nature. And coming from, you know, hillbilly country, I’m probably more reserved.” The full interview will be out on newsstands this Thursday, October 2, so keep an eye out for it if you liked what you read from Pitt so far.