GWEN PICKED MUSIC OVER BRAD

Brad Pitt, 54, famously split with Jennifer Aniston, 49, after falling for his Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina Jolie, 43. But Brangelina might’ve been, uh, Bren if Gwen Stefani hadn’t been married to her music career. While the singer, 48, was a frontrunner for the 2005 film’s sexy spy — “I feel like I almost got it,” Gwen says. “I went to a bunch [of auditions]” — she ultimately didn’t think she could balance the shooting schedule with the demands of recording and touring. “I wanted to do it,” says Gwen, who was then married to Gavin Rossdale, 52, “but I wanted to do music more.”