Clarification: Film-Brad Pitt story

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May 16 2017 08:15 AM

CP307528064 — FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, Brad Pitt arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Allied." Pitt stars in the new film, ‚ÄúWar Machine,‚Äù in which he plays a slightly fictionalized version of Gen. Stanley McChrystal. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Original Publication Date: May 16, 2017 8:15AM

Publication Updated: April 26, 2025 2:30AM

NEW YORK – In a story May 15, The Associated Press reported that Brad Pitt said he spoke with Gen. Stanley McChrystal in the course of making the film “War Machine,” in which he plays a character based on McChrystal. Pitt was referring to producers from his Plan B production company reaching out to McChrystal, not himself personally.