>>if brad pitt were a french actor in the 1960s, then he would
>>be respectable legend.
>
>He'd be Jean-Paul Belmondo.

i disagree here. while Brad Pitt's whole persona is built around his godlike beauty, Belmondo was celebrated for his ugliness. in Italy, he was even nicknamed "El Bruto." his "guele" made him a kind of anti-movie hunk that Brad could never be with his looks.