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Pitt's pension for quirky was prevalent with his cameo
in the surreal comic fantasy Being John Malkovich (1999), and carried
over into his role as Tyler Durden, the mysterious and anti-materialistic soap
salesman in David Fincher's controversial Fight Club the same
year. The odd characterizations didn't let up with Pitt's appearance as audibly
indecipherable pugilist in Guys Ritchie's eagerly anticipated follow up
to Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch (2000), and he
continued to accumulate eccentric points in the crime comedy The Mexican
in 2001. It would appear that Pitt had hit his stride as an actor with a
knack for oddball roles , and his affection for roles in caper films may be what
led him to be cast in Steven Soderbergh's remake of the Rat-Pack classic Ocean's
11 (2001), the tale of a group of criminals who plot to rob a string of
casinos. -- Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide
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