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Don Cheadle says his Ocean's Twelve costars evaded paparazzi by siccing them on Brad Pitt: 'Look there's Brad!’

While filming 'Ocean's Twelve' in Italy, Don Cheadle and his 'Ocean's Twelve' costars George Clooney and Matt Damon used Brad Pitt to evade paparazzi: 'Look there's Brad!'

Cheadle, George Clooney, Matt Damon, and their other costars weren't chopped liver compared to Pitt, but few things can touch the white-hot power of a leading man in his romantic prime. Pitt had worked steadily throughout the late 1980s in relative obscurity, think guest spots on series like Growing Pains and Dallas, before catapulting to hunk-of-the-week status for his brief role as the cowboy hitchhiker in 1991's Thelma & Louise. He's starred in bold auteur projects ( Bulworth, Things Behind the Sun), been directed by some of the country's finest filmmakers (Brian De Palma, Paul Thomas Anderson, John Singleton), indulged in his fair share of cheese ( Volcano) and has coasted into the fourth decade of his career with a steady part in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as James Rhodes/War Machine.

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