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Brad Pitt and Spike Jonze Are Lost in Translation

May 1, 2009 at 5:49am PST

Tags: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lost in Translation, Orson Welles, Softbank, Sophia Coppola, Spike Jonze

Photos: splashnewsonline.com

While many stars would never shill for ice cream, cars, coffee or liquor in America, plenty of them do it overseas, a la Bill Murray in Lost in Translation.

Orson Welles, Audrey Hepburn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Keanu Reeves, Ben Stiller and George Clooney have all done Japanese ads but never American ones.

Yesterday director Spike Jonze, Lost in Translation director Sophia Coppola’s ex-husband, was shooting a commercial for Japanese cell phone company Softbank with Brad Pitt in Midtown Manhattan.

How else can Brad afford six babies?

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