It’s Pitt the younger
A boyish Brad leads gallery of stars before they found fame
HE was a struggling actor hoping for his big break in Hollywood. But despite his pin-up looks, the 2 -year-old Brad Pitt had to be persuaded to pose for a series of promotional shots in 1987. Photographer Sandra Downie-Dunn says she then introduced Pitt to agent Phil Lobel. Less than four years later, he landed the part in Thelma & Louise that would propel him to stardom. Miss Downie-Dunn met Pitt at a wrap party for TV soap Dallas, in which he had a small role. ‘When I met him… I had to give him money and clothes,’ she said. ‘I told him we have to take photos of f you to get your career going or go back to Missouri and hang out with your parents. He never thanked me in all those years.’ Pitt is not the only one whose old photos have been given an airing. This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby showed pictures of their younger selves to ITV viewers yesterday to mark Old Headshot Day. While Schofield, 56, joked about how his hair has gone grey, Miss Willoughby, 7, revealed her colour change since a photo from her early acting days. She said: ‘Slightly closer to my natural hair colour there, I was a brunette once upon a time.’ Actress Suranne Jones, 9, posted a picture of her aged around 14 on Instagram, causing some to remark she looked like a young Judy Garland.