Pitt, DiCaprio refused Brokeback Mountain

By Tara Bitran
Updated July 19 2018 - 11:44am, first published 10:38am
Director Gus Van Sant says several famous actors declined to work in Brokeback Mountain.
Director Gus Van Sant says several famous actors declined to work in Brokeback Mountain.

Director Gus Van Sant has revealed in an interview that both Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio passed on Brokeback Mountain, the gay love story that snagged eight Academy Award nominations in 2006 -- the most of any film that year.

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