Fight Club just got a whole lot more real.
It turns out Brad Pitt really is a no-holds-barred fighter – as a member of the Australian Olympic boxing team.
The Aussie Pitt, 25, quit his day job as a painter to train as a heavyweight boxer for the 2008 Games. And while he still gets the occasional taunt about his name, he's learned to put up with it.
"Mate, I've been living with that other bloke's name for years, it doesn't worry me at all,'' he told Australia's Herald Sun while practicing.
His mother said he found out about his more famous counterpart during elementary school, when a child brought in a newspaper clip about the actor during show and tell.
"He likes to be known for his talent, not his name," his mother Leanne told Australia's The Age.
Talent he has. Ranked 33rd in the World Championships in Chicago in 2007, he's gearing up for a medal run in Beijing after a grueling training session in Thailand to acclimate himself to Chinese conditions, and is ready to make a name for himself – his own name.
"I've always been Brad," he tells the Daily Telegraph. "Let him change his name."
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August 20, 2008 at 10:10am
Good luck , Brad!
August 20, 2008 at 9:04am
THATS JUST TO FUNNY LOL....BUT I BET HE DOES GET TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME
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August 20, 2008 at 3:47am
IF THE NAME GETS YOU FAME SO BE IT .
fabulous
August 20, 2008 at 12:09am
August 19, 2008 at 9:06pm
good luck
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August 19, 2008 at 7:49pm
haha ew that guy is ugly
August 19, 2008 at 12:53pm
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August 19, 2008 at 12:16pm
lol thats cool!
August 19, 2008 at 11:06am
good luck to him
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August 18, 2008 at 1:35am
I'd like to share the same name as a famous person