{"id":153982,"date":"2024-10-03T08:50:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T06:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=153982"},"modified":"2024-10-03T14:42:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:42:35","slug":"from-kotor-to-hollywood-brad-pitts-first-role-was-in-a-movie-from-yugoslavia-playing-milena-dravic-son-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/from-kotor-to-hollywood-brad-pitts-first-role-was-in-a-movie-from-yugoslavia-playing-milena-dravic-son-video\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM KOTOR TO HOLLYWOOD: Brad Pitt&#8217;s first role was in a movie from Yugoslavia, playing Milena Dravi\u0107&#8217; son! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tag\/bred-pit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brad Pitt<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s recent use of Serbian swear words in a new film has reminded many of his first major role in a former <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tag\/jugoslavija\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Yugoslav <\/a><\/strong>film, specifically on the Montenegrin coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tag\/oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Oklahoma<\/a>,<\/strong> the famous actor moved to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/tag\/beverli-hils\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Beverly Hills<\/a><\/strong>, California in 1987. After six years of studying acting, he landed his first leading role in 1988 in the film &#8220;The Dark Side of the Sun,&#8221; where he played a young American brought to the Adriatic by his family to recover from a skin disease. The film was shot in Kotor and its surroundings in the summer of 1988, but due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was only released in 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">He starred alongside Milena Dravi\u0107 and Sonja Savi\u0107<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Dark Side of the Sun&#8221; is a 1988 American-Yugoslav co-production directed by Bo\u017eidar Bota Nikoli\u0107, with a screenplay by Andrew Horton and \u017deljko Mijanovi\u0107 based on a story by Nikola Jovanovi\u0107. The main roles in the film are played by Brad Pitt, Cheryl Polak, and Guy Boyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brad plays Rick Clayton, a young man suffering from a rare skin disease who learns important life lessons on the Adriatic coast, and his mother is played by Milena Dravi\u0107. Gorica Popovi\u0107 and Sonja Savi\u0107 also star in the film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Dark Side Of The Sun part 12\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gsWidcHFf1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Nikoli\u0107 chose Brad Pitt from 400 candidates for the lead role, and the actor was very happy with the choice, although, as it turned out later, he was only paid $1,523 for seven weeks of filming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;We went to kafana every night&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We went to kafana and bars every night and stayed until four in the morning. Girls were after him because he was simply always the center of attention. However, he preferred to drink wine with me and talk about films and philosophy rather than focus on girls,&#8221; screenwriter \u017deljko Mijanovi\u0107 once told Blic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His female co-stars remembered him similarly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit1-683x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit1-683x1024-1.jpg 683w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit1-683x1024-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit1-683x1024-1-400x600.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;GERMAN WOMEN WHO WERE VACATIONING IN MONTENEGRO CHASED HIM! I remember him as a nice, simple guy and a great professional who always arrived on time for filming. When he came to Budva, it seems to me he wasn&#8217;t quite sure where he had wandered off to,&#8221; Gorica Popovi\u0107 told Press many years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also said that the famous Hollywood actor only later relaxed and became sociable and that nothing indicated that he would become such a star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;He jumped for joy when he got the role&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The film&#8217;s director, Bo\u017eidar Bota Nikoli\u0107, said that he chose Pitt from 400 candidates at a casting in Metro Goldwyn Meyer. &#8220;When I told him he was chosen, Pitt ran to the park and started jumping for joy and doing somersaults,&#8221; Nikoli\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-PIt-Bota-Nikolic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-PIt-Bota-Nikolic.jpg 599w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-PIt-Bota-Nikolic-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-PIt-Bota-Nikolic-400x276.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After filming, Brad Pitt came to Belgrade in the early 1990s to visit the director who gave him his first major role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I took him to a match, I don&#8217;t remember exactly who Red Star was playing. He was thrilled to see 100,000 people at Marakana and cheered loudly for Red Star,&#8221; Bota claimed and added that Brad announced then that he would buy a house in Montenegro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I remember he loved Kotor and especially Perast and that he used every break from filming to visit those places. He said he would buy a house in Montenegro someday,&#8221; the director said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit-Milena-Dravic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit-Milena-Dravic.jpg 850w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit-Milena-Dravic-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit-Milena-Dravic-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Bred-Pit-Milena-Dravic-400x280.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years later, Pitt&#8217;s acting career took off &#8211; in 1994 he starred in the film &#8220;Interview with the Vampire,&#8221; followed by &#8220;Legends of the Fall&#8221; and &#8220;Seven.&#8221; After that, in 1997, he filmed &#8220;Seven Years in Tibet,&#8221; becoming one of the most popular Hollywood actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Media; Photo: &#8220;The Dark Side of the Sun&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;READ MORE:&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/i-dijaspora-ce-morati-u-vojsku-pozivi-nasim-ljudima-u-inostranstvu-poznato-ko-ce-moci-da-izbegne-vojni-rok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>THE DIASPORA WILL ALSO HAVE TO SERVE IN THE ARMY: Calls to our people abroad, it is known who can avoid military service!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/ova-crkva-je-dar-od-boga-srpska-deca-dobila-skolu-i-vrtic-u-novom-velikom-i-lepom-hramu-u-cikagu-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>&#8220;THIS CHURCH IS A GIFT FROM GOD&#8221;: Serbian children got a school and kindergarten in a new, large and beautiful temple in Chicago (VIDEO)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/od-uzica-do-holivuda-stojan-je-otisao-za-ameriku-postao-uspesan-biciklista-i-dobio-oskara-za-svoj-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>FROM U\u017dICE TO HOLLYWOOD: Stojan went to America, became a successful cyclist and won an Oscar for his film!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brad Pitt&#8216;s recent use of Serbian swear words in a new film has reminded many of his first major role in a former Yugoslav film, specifically on the Montenegrin coast. Born in Oklahoma, the famous actor moved to Beverly Hills, California in 1987. After six years of studying acting, he landed his first leading role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29076,"featured_media":153983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[63,67,68,62,65,64,69,38,15,42,66],"class_list":["post-153982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-brad-pitt","tag-dheryl-polak","tag-guy-boyd","tag-kotor","tag-milena-dravic","tag-montenegro","tag-movie","tag-serbia","tag-video","tag-yugoslavia","tag-zeljko-mijanovic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153994,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153982\/revisions\/153994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}