‘Moneyball’: Billy Beane Talks Brad Pitt, ‘Surreal’ Movie Experience At Toronto Premiere

With a line bursting with stargazers snaking all the way around a massive public square, the Toronto International Film Fest premiere of “Moneyball” was a raucous scene that turned into a kind of makeshift victory parade for Brad Pitt, the baseball film’s magnetic leading man. That the film celebrates a true story — and features Pitt playing an actual person — seemed to have been forgotten for the moment, such was the euphoria of the crowd’s feting of the actor.

So, in slipped Billy Beane, the trailblazing Oakland Athletics general manager whom Pitt portrays in the film, virtually unnoticed ahead of the “Moneyball” cast. Luckily, HuffPost was able to flag him down to talk about the movie, his experience during its production and what he thought about Pitt’s portrayal.

HuffPost: Have you seen the film yet? What did you think?

Beane: It was good. I got used to it after a while. It was surreal. I was a little desensitized after the third of fourth showing. It’s good.

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