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Brad Pitt did '95 per cent' of his own stunts for Bullet Train

Brad Pitt is set to play assassin Ladybug in Bullet Train
Brad Pitt is set to play assassin Ladybug in Bullet Train

Stunt coordinator Greg Rementer has revealed Brad Pitt did most of his own stunts for David Leitch's upcoming action thriller Bullet Train.

Speaking to Vulture, Rementer said the 57-year-old actor, who plays assassin Ladybug in the eagerly-awaited star-studded movie, was like a "natural-born athlete" on set.

"Brad did 95 per cent of his physical stunts — the fighting. He's like a natural-born athlete."

"He really got in there! Never have I ever done so many huge actors in one feature where all of them excelled at the physical movement of our training," he said.

"So Brad, Brian [Tyree Henry], Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sonada, Andrew Koji - who was already a stud in terms of where he comes from with the show Warrior - all these actors put out some great action and did a lot of stuff."'

Bullet Train is based on the Japanese book Maria Beetle by Kotaro Isaka and tells the story of a group of assassins with conflicting motives on a Tokyo train.

Pitt previously made a cameo in director Leitch's Deadpool 2. Before going behind the lens, Leitch was Pitt's stunt double on a number of films, including Mr and Mrs Smith, Troy and Ocean's Eleven. 

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