D
atinghasn’tbeenattheforefront
of Brad Pitt’s mind since his
bitter split from Angelina
Joliemorethanayearago.
HewasbrieflylinkedtoSienna
Miller and whispers swirled
that he and Kate Hudson had hooked up,
butnothinghasstuck.‘He’stakingthings
as they come,’ a well-placed insider close
to the actor tellsOK!.‘Hehasn’twantedto
get serious with anyone.’
Untilnow.Brad,53,hasfallenforBritish
actressEllaPurnell–who,inanironic
twist, played a young Angelina in 2014’sMaleficent.Infacthe’ssoenchanted,the
source tellsOK!, that he cast her in his
upcoming seriesSweetbitter.
Blown away by Ella’s work in 2016’s
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
and this year’sChurchill,hejumpedat
thechancetoworkwithEllawhenhis
production company, Plan B, began to
developthedrama,basedonanovel
about a New York City waitress.
‘Brad had Ella in mind from the get-go.
Hewentoutofhiswaytocasther,’the
insider tells us. ‘Ella is incredibly flattered
by all the attention she’s getting from
Brad. She’s told friends he’s always been
her number-one celebrity crush.’Earlierthisyear,Ella,21,wasspottedgetting
‘veryclose’toSpider-Man: Homecomingstar
TomHollandataBAFTAsafterpartyin
London,althoughthechanceofaromance
blossoming between the Chanel muse and
the British actor fizzled.
As for Angelina, Brad and Ella’s flirtatious
relationship has her seeing red! ‘She’s furious
aboutBrad’sinterestinEllaandherbeing
cast inSweetbitter,’ the insider reveals to
OK!.‘SheabsolutelyhatesthatBradis
cavorting with someone who played the
teenageversionofherinafilm.’
Naturally, Ella’s talent was behind Brad’s
desire to work with the beautiful Brit, but he
soon found there’s more to the accomplished
actress than her talent and beauty. Adding
salt to Ange’s wounds, her look-alike has a
passion for helping the less fortunate – did
someone say Angelina 2.0? Ella works with
Educate2Eradicate, a charity that raises
awareness of forced marriages and violence
against women.
It’s easy to understand Brad’s attraction.
‘He’s taken with Ella’s spunky, funny
demeanour and formidable acting skills,’
the insider tellsOK!. ‘Although Brad’s been
working on his sci-fi space travel film
Ad Astra,he’sbeencheckinginwithElla
weekly as she preps for production...
He’ssureit’sgoingtobeahitandthatit’s
goingtomakeEllaastar.’
And while things may remain platonic
between the pair at the moment, our well-
placed insider predicts that won’t last long,
revealing‘it’sonlyamatteroftime’beforethe
smitten duo take things ‘to the next level’.PHOTOGRAPHS BY BACKGRID, WENN2.0!
THESTARCERTAINLY
HASATYPE–
BRUNETTE, BOLD
AND BEAUTIFUL!
HE’S TAKEN WITH
ELLA’S SPUNKY,
FUNNY DEMEANOUR
AND ACTING SKILLS
SISTER FUN
VIVIENNE’S
DRESSING
LIKE SHI!
Angelina Jolie once described her
youngest daughter Vivienne as a ‘girly
girl’, but now it looks like she’s taking
fashion cues from her tomboy big sister
Shiloh! ‘She is so elegant and delicate. Vivi
will pick flowers from the garden and put
them in her hair,’ Ange once said of her
nine-year-old mini-me. ‘She likes to get her
nails done... it’s very funny for me to have
to buy all things pink and watch princess
movies.’ But times have changed! There
wasn’t a freshly picked flower or a drop
of pink in sight when Vivienne and Shiloh,
11, went shopping in LA on October 15.
In fact, it looks like Viv has helped herself
to some of Shi’s hand-me-downs!(^) OCTOBER 30, 2017 13
Viv knows the
best part of
having a sister
is being able
to raid her
wardrobe!
Ange is livid that
Brad has set his
sights on a younger
version of herself