Brad Pitt - hero in real life?

Weinstein could have sunk Pitt's career easily with a few phone calls to his friends so I doubt it was anything so dramatic.

Plus Paltrow was the daughter of two connected movie business people so I call BS on the "powerless" claim.
She appeared in Hook because her parents were friends with Spielberg.

This is just marketing to make Pitt out to be a tough guy, not a term one associates with Pitt.