Brad Pitt Joins Cast of The 3-Body Problem: A Multi-Talented Star in the Making

The 3-body problem, Netflix's new sci-fi nugget

To stay in the competition in the streaming platform market, Netflix has apparently found its secret weapon: science fiction! For months, the American SVOD giant is accelerating in this area and has just struck very (very) hard with the launch of the series The 3-body problemavailable since March 21 and adapted from the novel of the same name by Liu Cixin. In broad terms, the series makes us follow a whole bunch of strange events while a team of scientists is responsible for understanding their meaning and, above all, thwarting the threat that weighs on humanity because, during the 1960s, a hostile extraterrestrial civilization was attracted by a message from an astrophysicist.

With this series, Netflix therefore did not do things by halves: one of the largest production budgets ever allocated to an original series, the former directors of Game Of Thrones (David Benioff and DB Weiss) and a whole bunch of actors and actresses seen in the adaptation of George RR Martin's novels. Besides, there are many more famous faces than you might think in the series The 3-body problem ! You may not know it, but American actor Brad Pitt also participated in the first season of this sci-fi show, as ambitious as it is spectacular, which even charmed Hideo Kojima!

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If you haven't paid attention to Brad Pitt's presence in the series, that's normal!

It is true that the series does not lack stars in this first season ! And again, there could have been much more than that since a former president of the United States was expected to appear in The 3-body problem : this one had actually received a call from production! Although he is a great admirer of this saga imagined by Liu Cixin, he preferred to decline the proposal using a rather comical excuse.. If he thus decided not to get involved in the project, Brad Pitt, whom we mentioned previously, conversely did not hesitate for very long.

If you've watched all the episodes, it's quite possible that you'll be surprised not to remember him, and that's normal. No, the presence of Brad Pitt was not eclipsed by that of the other actors, and this, for the simple reason that the American actor officiated… behind the camera. Yes, Brad Pitt is not just a renowned actor: in recent years, he has also worn the hat of producer through his company Plan B. Clearly, Netflix never leaves anything to chance when it comes to surrounding yourself with the creation of a series!