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Brad Pitt ELEMENTARY 2

appearance handsome, blonde, blue (d) He played with Brad in ‘Twelve

Answers to Book activities
eyes, beard and mustache, Monkeys’.
sexy, memorable (e) This was the name of Brad’s character in
1 Open answers
other rich and famous ‘Twelve Monkeys’.
2 Open answers
(f) He played with Brad in ‘Seven’.
3 a Springfield, Missouri 2 (a) False – Everyone likes him
b 38 years old (b) True Chapters 10–11
c Yes, he did. (c) True 1 (a) He made a film called ‘7 Years in Tibet’.
d It was his first speaking role on TV. (d) False – He thinks that other actors (b) He went there with Gwyneth Paltrow to
e She was the center of his private life. look like vegetables compared to Brad the opening of ‘Legends of the Fall’.
f It made him a star. Pitt. (c) He took Gwyneth there to meet his
4 Possible answers (e) True family at Christmas.
a He is very close to them. (f) False (d) He had a vacation there with Gwyneth.
b He learned a lot about acting and met
2 (a) He was angry because there were
his first serious girlfriend. Activities while reading the book photographs of him and Gwyneth on
c Because he is very good-looking Chapters 1–3 vacation in the newspapers and
5 Open answers
1 (a) He learned not to do things if he didn’t magazines.
6 a ‘Seven’
enjoy them. (b) He was 32.
b b ‘ARiver Runs Through It’
(b) William Bradley Pitt. (c) She thought they were too young.
c ‘Interview with The Vampire’
(c) He liked music, sports and girls. (d) They were together for 2 years.
d ‘Johnny Suede’
(d) He went to college. (e) He earned $17,000,000.
e ‘Cool World’
(e) He had a car accident. (f) His new girlfriend is Jennifer Aniston
f ‘12 Monkeys’
(f) He decided to go to Hollywood. (g) She is in the TV show friends.
g ‘ARiver Runs Through It’
2 (a) How did he get to Hollywood? (h) He took her to Missouri to meet his
h ‘Meet Joe Black’
(b) What did he do outside Pollo Loco? family.
i ‘True Romance’
j ‘Kalifornia’ (c) Who did he live with? Activities after reading the book
7 Open answers (d) What did he do in his second acting
role? Open answers
(e) How long was he in ‘Dallas’?
(f) What role did he play in ‘Dallas’?
Answers to Factsheet activities
Chapters 4–6
■ Communicative activities 1 (a) Brad dated his ex-wife.
Activities before reading the book (b) She made a movie with him and
became his girlfriend.
1 (a) kind/do
(c) He directed ‘Thelma and Louise’.
(b) Who are your favourite actor and
(d) He dated her and she fell in love with
actress
him.
(c) is / the / watched
(e) He directed ‘ARiver Runs Through It’.
(d) How often do you go to the cinema?
(f) He made ‘Cape Fear ’ with Juliette
(e) think/earn
Lewis.
2 Open answers
2 decide / have / kills / run / driving / spends
3 Open answers
/ steals / costs
Activities after reading a section 3 (a) He played Amanda’s crazy boyfriend,
Billy.
Open answers except (b) He played a strange, sad musician.
Chapters 1–3 (c) He played the younger, wilder brother.
Brad was born in Oklahoma on December Chapters 7–8
18th, 1963. His full name is William Bradley 1 (a) ‘Kalifornia’
Pitt. At high school Brad sang in a band with (b) Juliette Lewis
three other boys. All the girls loved Brad (c) ‘Legends of the Fall’and ‘Interview
because of his friendly smile, beautiful body with a Vampire’
and wonderful blue eyes. Brad left school and (d) Anthony Hopkins / Tom Cruise /
went to Hollywood when he was twenty-two Christian Slater / Antonio Banderas
years old. He did different jobs there to pay (e) They said that Brad and Tom Cruise
for his acting classes and his apartment. His were not happy together.
first important role was in the television show (f) He was tired and the film was difficult
‘Dallas’. He spent five weeks on the show. and depressing.
2 c/a/d/e/f/b
Activities after reading the book
Open answers Chapter 9
1 (a) False – He wanted to be in a smaller
■ Students’ activities
film, ‘Seven’.
Activities before reading the book (b) False – She became his girlfriend.
1 likes good movies with strong (c) True
stories and strong acting (d) True
trying different roles (e) False – He worked in a hospital.
(f) True
dislikes talking to newspapers 2 (a) He wanted Brad to be in ‘Apollo 13’.
personality nice (b) She played Brad’s wife in ‘Seven’and
adventurous was his girlfriend.
shy (c) He directed ‘Twelve Monkeys’.

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