Brad Pitt 'Wanted To Quit' 'Legends Of The Fall': Director Edward Zwick

Director Edward Zwick has reflected on directing Brad Pitt, 60, in 바카라�Legends of the Fall바카라�.

In his upcoming memoir, 바카라�Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Forty something Years in Hollywood바카라�, the 바카라�Blood Diamond바카라� director wrote that the 1994 film was "in limbo" after Tom Cruise, who was in talks to play Tristan Ludlow, dropped out due to issues with the character's "ethics바카라�.

In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, the director wrote, "I never gave up hope on getting Legends made, however, and was always looking for the right actor to play Tristan바카라�, reports 바카라�People바카라� magazine.

The excerpt has been published by 바카라�Vanity Fair바카라�. After meeting with Brad Pitt, Zwick observed that he "had a genuine passion for the script and a strong attraction to the character.바카라�

"Growing up in rural Missouri, he had known men like Tristan, he said. When he left the meeting, I felt I had found the right actor. I was more determined than ever to push it over the line바카라�, Zwick wrote. According to Zwick, Pitt's feelings about the film changed after a table read.

As per 바카라�People바카라�, he recalled Pitt's agent calling the studio saying he wanted to quit and producer Marshall Herskovitz "talking him off the ledge바카라�.

Zwick wrote that "it was the first augury of the deeper springs of emotion roiling inside Brad", expressing that he could be "volatile when riled바카라�.

"Sometimes, no matter how experienced or sensitive you are as a director, things just aren바카라�t working바카라�, wrote Zwick. "You think the actor is being oppositional, while he finds you dictatorial. Some actors have problems with authority, but just as many directors are threatened when intelligent actors ask challenging questions that reveal their lack of preparation. Both are right and both are wrong.바카라�