One of his biggest movies was the 2004 war epic Troy, where he played the mythic hero Achilles. Although the part was perfect for Pitt, and the role earned him a slew of positive audience ...

So no one's going to mistake "Troy" for being anything other than a movie -- a huge $170 million extravaganza starring Brad Pitt, the reigning pretty boy of the Western World, as Achilles.

And so it is that the character of Achilles, last embodied on screen by a lank-haired Brad Pitt in 2004's Troy, will this time be played by British-Ghanaian actor David Gyasi.