Michael Pitt is an actor. Over the last few weeks, I've grown increasingly fond of him. I was reading Girl Boy Girl, the memoir of Savannah Knoop (one of the women behind the infamous J.T. Leroy literary hoax), and Michael Pitt was mentioned as a friend of "J.T."
In Knoop's book, it was said that Pitt had been a regular on Dawson's Creek. The book also said that the producer's of Dawson's Creek weren't happy about Pitt being in The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (movie of J.T.'s book) and some other films.
Well...I'll admit, I was a fan of the creek. Shocking, I know! I guess I just had a soft spot for Pacey Witter. Who could resist?! Anyways, I didn't recognize Pitt's name, and I wanted to know which character was doing all these unwholesome movies, so of course I IMDBd him. Turns out that Mr. Michael played Henry, Jen Lindley's freshman football boyfriend. OH HENRY! The innocent little guy, falling victim to Jen's cougar like charms.
So blah blah blah. Just a bunch of background! Why is Michael Pitt fascinating?! I'll tell you why!
NUMBER ONE: He is in some really great movies! Some of them are pretty edgy and controversial. It's hard to conceive Pitt is the same buck who tossed pigskin for Capeside High. I loved The Dreamers(although not recommended for those without open minds, strong stomachs or appreciation for full frontal nudity). I also enjoyed Deliriousimmensely. He also has like a million other movies that I still need to check out.
NUMBER TWO: He looks like Leonardo DiCaprio circa Basketball Diaries. For me, just that is reason enough to be one of CP's most fascinating. I read that book (and pretty much anything my good friend Jim Carrol wrote) and watched that movie a million times throughout my youth. Maybe that's saying something... Besides looking like Leo/my personal image of Jim, he is just really beautiful. Not in a conventional way...he's very...ok, I'm going to stop before I throw up just listening to myself.
NUMBER THREE: He's an Aries. Enough said.
NUMBER FOUR: He plays guitar in a band called Pagoda.
So yes, I find Michael Pitt to be very fascinating. He's a great actor, and from what I've read, he is really serious about his craft. It seems to me that he may be a fan of the good ole' Stanislavski Method! I'd like to think that'd be my method of choice should I ever decide to give it a go in the acting world, but that's besides the point. On top of that, he doesn't seem to feed into the Hollywood junk, and he seems like he'd be a cool guy to know.
Here are some trailers for the aforementioned films:
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