In a nicely self-deprecating cover story for the September 23 Entertainment Weekly issue, the actor recalls his "six months in the (expletive) dark" wearing contact lenses, makeup, and playing second fiddle to star Tom Cruise both onscreen and off. (Cruise played the vampire Lestat.) "I'm telling you, one day it broke me," Pitt tells EW, and confesses he called friend and producer David Geffen to see how much it would cost to get out. The sobering answer: $40 million. "I was like, 'I've got to man up and ride through this....'"
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One upside: Pitt got introduced to New Orleans, which would later become his adopted hometown that he would help to rebuild. And, miserable or not, a depressed vampire is still bragging rights for the twice-nominated Oscar actor: The role won him a double whammy at the MTV Movie Awards for best male performance and most desirable male.
Plus, all that silent suffering has been homework for other would-be vampires. Ethan Hawke studied Pitt to get the "self-loathing undead" vibe down for "Daybreakers" (2009). Colin Farrell, a newbie to the list of sexy cinematic bloodsuckers, came clean about his "soft spot for Brad Pitt in 'Interview with the Vampire.'" (That's right, soft spot.) And while Robert Pattinson has never mentioned Pitt as a brooding inspiration, the whippersnapper got beat out by his elder in at least one Hottest Vampire poll.
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