It's the Pitts

Viewers of the recent release Amazing Grace will find themselves wondering why Benedict Cumberpatch (can that be his name?) was chosen to play William Pitt the Younger. They don't even look alike! Pitt was quite a bit shorter.

It's painfully obvious that Brad PITT should have been playing his famous ancestor. Especially as he did such a star turn as the Elder Pitt in 1992's PITT! (Still my favorite musical about a British politician). He really managed to bring the former British Prime Minister to life. Hell, I wanted to name a city after him!

And clearly nobody ever looked such a peach in a powdered wig!That's a hard look to pull off. Which is why so many young actors avoid the period.

Just ask the gang down at the Pit!




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