Brangelina in Texas
Angelina and Brad have been spotted in Bastrop County Texas. Brad is in the Austin area to shoot Tree of Life with Sean Penn. Brad replaces the late Heath Ledger in the film written and directed Terrance Malick (The Thin Red Line). Per the usual, routine it’s Brad’s turn to shoot a film since Angelina has wrapped up The Changeling.
A local daycare got the following letter. Clearly it points to our famous family.
“For a short term period beginning in later February, a very high profile family will enroll their preschool children at our center. Over the next few weeks, you may notice extra security around the center. The security is for everyone’s safety. The family has asked that they be treated like everyone else….”
Some have seen Angie at Walmart. Good for her if she was able to be out and about like a regular person. No pictures have surfaced-yet. It’ll be interesting to see how a smaller town treats the celebs. I’ve noticed that celebrities are able to breath a little easier in South(Brad says that about New Orleans) and if they are in a smaller area it might even better for them during the pregnancy.
So far the residents seem to have a healthy but not obsessive interest in the couple.
“Well, I’m curious. And so we’ll see how it comes out. I’m sure we’ll get to see them somewhere somehow and that’ll be fun, and that’s an excitement that usually doesn’t come to a town like us,â€? Smithville resident Sandy Hightower said.
February 28th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN THERE ARE PICS OF THE FAMILY… BUT LEDGER DROP OFF THE MOVIE AND THAN BRAD TOOK THE PART RIGHT??
February 28th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Brad took on the role after Heath Ledger died. He was free after he dropped out of State of Play.
March 1st, 2008 at 8:00 am
Hello, KD. I didn’t know there was an Angelina Jolie watch site, at least until Rubi mentioned it in a post in Randi’s site. Anyway, it looks like another great site for JP fans to visit, so I’ve included it among my favorites.
Anyway, I hope they get a break from too much paps (I suppose hell will freeze over before paps leave them alone) while they’re in Texas. And I do look forward to Tree of Life…I mean with Brad and Sean Penn in the movie, it sure will be something to watch.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:34 am
almost met Brad PittFebruary 28, 2008 in FUN IN MY DAY, JAKE
This may be a long post, but I promise if you read the whole thing, you’ll be like “no way”.
Last week, I received this email from my friend Debbie from church:
This is a job opportunity for Jake if you can send a photo to the address below or if you want to send it to me i can do it. this would be around Austin but i would go with you if you want me to. this is a big film with brad pitt.
An independent feature is looking for infants and expectant mothers for
a late February shoot.
Needed:
* Infants between 2 days and 10 days (born between Feb 14 and Feb 24)
* Infants 1 month old (born around Feb 1)
* 1-yr old boys with brown or blonde hair
* 2-yr old boys with brown or blonde hair
* Expectant mothers around 7-8 months
Infants and parents will be needed between 3-6 hrs. There will be a
comfortable resting area available off set.
I was like “what?” Brad Pitt? My kid in a movie? Yeah right. So what did I do? I sent in two pics of Jake to the casting director, that’s what I did (thanks Bush, I sent in one of your pics . I thought, there is NO WAY he would get the part. However, complete strangers always tell me that he could be in magazines, commercials, etc. And I am NOT a crazy psycho showbiz mom type. Anyways…
The next day, I received a call from the casting director, and she said that they wanted to use him. There were going to be several other little kids that they would be using as extras and they would do different shoots to see which shots/kids they wanted to use. They would be shooting this movie in Smithville, where Hope Floats was filmed (about 2 1/2 hours away from us), and it would only be a day trip. He’d even get paid (not much, but it covered gas).
So, since my friend Debbie said she’d go too, I said ok. Debbie has a daughter in college and a son in high school, and they have both done a lot of acting, so I felt comfortable taking her with me. I thought, why not? I don’t have anything better to do, and it could be fun to be on a movie set. We honestly didn’t even think Brad Pitt would be there yet since it was the first day of shooting. I also thought that there would be like 50 little kids Jake’s age or something like that.
We loaded up and left Houston at 7 yesterday morning to make our 10am call time, and when we got there, we got the scoop. It was crazy. Lots of security because guess what….Brad Pitt really WAS there! There were several infants, a few one year olds, and only one other 2 year old besides Jake. Jake and the other 2 year old were set to play a 2-year-old version of one of Brad Pitt’s sons (during a flashback scene) in the movie! They often have a few of each age group in case one kid doesn’t cooperate or gets tired, etc. And they can shoot them differently for different scenes. I swear, Jake and this other kid looked like they could be brothers.
So we wait and wait, and they take the other kid to wardrobe and to shoot first. It turns out that all of these kids had scenes with Brad Pitt. He meets the families, holds the kid, plays with the kid, etc. And all of these parents were coming back from their shoot talking about how they met BP and yadayada. So we are still waiting (that’s the name of the game when you are doing something like this). They kept telling us they were going to use Jake, but 6 hours later (which is the limit on being able to work a child this young), they ended up not needing him! They had gotten sufficient shots with the other kid. Man.
Needless to say, we were super disappointed. I knew this could happen, but once we got there, it just seemed like it would work out. But that’s what happens in this business. Especially when you are an extra. So we didn’t get to meet BP, but I saw him from a distance ” class=”wp-smiley”> And it was pretty cool that Jake was chosen out of a ton of kids to be cast in this movie. It was truly a once in a lifetime thing since they were filming so close to Houston.
Oh well. It was a rough day with wrangling a 2 year old for 6 hours, but at least we went and tried. I wouldn’t say that it was “fun”. But it was an adventure and probably worked out for the best. Who knows? There may have been something in the movie that would have made me ashamed for Jake to be a part of it. The plot has been kept really secret for some reason. The film is called Tree of Life and opens next year, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. It is written and directed by the same dude that did “The New World” with Colin Farrell, and Heath Ledger was originally supposed to play the lead role. I was told that it is a coming-of-age film and that it would have a family rating. That is the only reason I agreed to do it. If it was rated R, no way. Still, we all know that PG-13 stuff can be edgy. So, we’ll see when it comes out. It will be really crazy to watch it and recognize all of the kids that we saw at the shoot.
And that’s how I ALMOST met Brad Pitt (everyone said he was really nice….by the way….but I’m not bitter….nope).
http://theamazingklog.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/almost-met-brad-pitt/
March 1st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
THANKS MUCH KD FOR CLEARING THAT FOR ME… AND ITS NICE TO SEE YOU HERE Isacutie. Rogenia B AFTER ALL IT WAS A PRETTY COOL ADVENTURE.
March 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Hi Rubi, thanks again for leading me to this site.
Rogenia, despite the fact that Jake didn’t get the job, it sounds like great fun that you were able to have that experience. And hey, you did see Brad even from a distance. I think the closest I’ll ever come to the JPs would be the movies and the internet.
March 1st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
isacutie,
I’m so glad you’ve found the site. Randi and I do try and keep in positive here on the network.
Rubi, thanks for being a faithful reader and for bringing us some new readers.
Rogina Thank you sooooo much for sharing your story. It’s great to get an insiders look at casting and such.
You guys rock.
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm
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March 4th, 2008 at 12:04 am
I KNOW ITS MAD LATE BUT… KD YOUR THE ONE THAT ROCKS!!!