‘Pick-up’ scenes for Brad Pitt movie shot in El Paso

Paramount Pictures is currently filming “The Counselor,” which opens this fall, in South El Paso. The movie stars Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz. (Aaron Bracamontes / El Paso Times)

Scenes for an upcoming Brad Pitt movie were shot in El Paso on Monday; however, the actor was not present.

Paramount Pictures movie studio trucks were parked on Fourth Street between Oregon and Santa Fe streets in the morning for some “pick-up” shots that will be featured in the movie “The Counselor,” which opens this fall.
In August, Yahoo Movies released photos of Pitt holding a prop copy of the El Paso Times on the set of “The Counselor.”

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