It was the audition for the final key role to be cast for the movie Thelma and Louise. The part of charismatic drifter and thief, J.D. With the role narrowed down to four actors, it was left to director Ridley Scott, the casting director Louis DiGiaimo, and actress Geena Davis to audition the final four.
The first three through the door were George Clooney, Grant Show and Mark Ruffalo. Geena Davis came to remember them as the brunettes. All talented, handsome, and perfect for the role. Davis said she couldn’t split them. Then the final one to audition walked in. The blonde one, as Davis recounted in her memoir “Dying of Politeness”. She recalled the actor as being “stunningly gorgeous”, so much so, that despite having the script in front of her she was so distracted that she kept flubbing her lines when reading with him.
The actor was Brad Pitt, and despite Davis constantly messing up the audition by being distracted by his looks and charisma, Pitt got the part.
Years later Davis was seated next to George Clooney on a long-haul flight between Europe and the US. Clooney joked with her he really wanted the role and was disappointed he lost out to Pitt. Davis played along with Clooney, but she didn’t remember him from the audition until he told her he was one of the three brunettes.
It’s hard to deny being beautiful or handsome plays a role in how we view someone, even to the point where seeing Brad Pitt makes you forget George Clooney! Humans are visual and our eyes make quick studies of people in every situation we find ourselves in. That will cross the spectrum of whether we choose to have our guard up for protection or drop our guard down allowing ourselves to be charmed. Appearance initially determines how we react to someone. This starts young, even babies react more positively to attractive faces.
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