Brad Pitt filmography film "Fight Club" (1999) in a role that required him learn boxing, taekwondo, and grappling. A critical and commercial success, the film has since developed a cult status. Pitt portrayed Rusty Ryan in the commercially successful heist film series "Ocean's Trilogy" (2001–07). In 2002, he earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his guest appearance in the sitcom "Friends". Also that year, Pitt started a production company, Plan B Entertainment, whose first release was the epic war film "Troy" (2004), starring Pitt. He played an assassin opposite Angelina Jolie in the commercially successful action comedy "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" (2005).
Fight Club Kevin Walker for assistance. He invited Pitt and Norton to help revise the script, and the group drafted five revisions in the course of a year. Palahniuk praised the faithful film adaptation of his novel and applauded how the film's plot was more streamlined than the book's. Palahniuk recalled how the writers debated if film audiences would believe the plot twist from the novel. Fincher supported including the twist, arguing, "If they accept everything up to this point, they'll accept the plot twist. If they're still in the theater, they'll stay with it." Palahniuk's novel also contained homoerotic overtones, which