10 Incredible Movie Performances That Have Flown Under The Radar In 2019
1. Brad Pitt In Ad Astra
After spending a few years in the acting shadows, 2019 signalled the return of one of Hollywood's biggest names, Brad Pitt.
Now, we could talk about his charismatic turn as Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but that didn't exactly fly under the radar now, did it?
No, instead this entry will be dedicated to Pitt's stellar performance as Roy McBride in the sci-fi space-quest feature, Ad Astra.
The film earned a bit of praise upon its release, yet it didn't set the world on fire or draw much attention away from Pitt's performance in Hollywood.
It was liberating to see Pitt play such a cold and silently driven character, against the back-drop of one of the most visually stunning environments seen on-screen in 2019. His heartbreaking realisation that his father had become lost in his own faith is almost too painful to watch a second time round. Yet, if you do feel up to it, this film continually offers scope and intimacy that only becomes richer with multiple watches.
You imagine that 2019 will be remembered as the year that Pitt set his dog on Sharon Tate's murderers, when in fact his showing in Ad Astra probably sits as the more compelling of the two performances and therefore deserves to at least be mentioned in the same breath as his turn as the stuntman.