The couple has admitted that they fell in love on set, but denied committing adultery. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Adam Brody is taking credit for having pushed Brad Pitt into Angelina Jolie’s arms.
“The O.C.” actor jokes that he was the one responsible for setting up the power couple on the set of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Brody played Benjamin “The Tank” Danz in the 2005 action film, a prisoner both Pitt and Jolie’s assassin characters are tasked with killing.
“[Brad and Angelina], I hooked them up,” Brody jokes to The Huffington Post. “I was like, ‘Brad, you don’t want to do this, man. This Jen thing, I don’t see it.’ And he heeded my advice, and I’m happy for him.”
While filming “Mr & Mrs. Smith,” Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston. However, six months before the movie’s release the two announced their split. Pitt was quickly linked to Jolie. The two have since confessed that they “fell in love” while making the movie.
Brody’s new film, “Damsels in Distress,” opens in select cities this week.
Brody, who has largely disappeared since “The O.C.” went off the air, tells the site that he “would have murdered” for his role in the movie, directed by Whit Stillman of “The Last Days of Disco” fame.
“They don’t make a lot of good movies,” Brody said. “I don’t even think because of any bad formulaic problem or some studio system necessarily. That’s part of it, but it’s very hard to write something good. It truly is. So they’re few and far between, and everyone is smart and wants to do those things. So it’s competitive. You just get lucky and something smart comes along that you’re right for.”