Call us biased, but the news biz is where it’s at — just ask Hollywood. Brad Pitt, who’s set to play an investigative reporter in the upcoming film “State of Play,” is the latest in a long list of actors to tap into journalism-related roles. He created a stir last week when he visited the Washington Post’s newsroom to research his new role. Note to Brad and the other actors on this list: You are always welcome to come do “research” at RedEye.
Brad Pitt
He will play Cal McCaffrey, an investigative reporter, in the crime thriller “State of Play,” based on the BBC mini-series of the same title and set to hit theaters in 2008.
Jake Gyllenhaal
In the 2007 movie “Zodiac,” Gyllenhaal starred as Robert Graysmith, a newspaper cartoonist-turned-amateur detective who becomes obsessed with finding a serial killer known as the Zodiac.
Kevin McKidd
In NBC’s new series “Journeyman,” which debuted this week, McKidd plays a time-traveling reporter who is involuntarily thrust back into time to prevent terrible things from happening.
Tobey Maguire
When he’s not saving innocent people and fighting the baddies as Spider-Man, Peter Parker, played by Maguire, works as a freelance photographer for the fictional The Daily Bugle.
Sophia Myles
British import Myles plays Web reporter Beth Turner on CBS’ new vampire private-eye drama, “Moonlight,” which premiered Friday.
Courteney Cox
Cox stars as Lucy Spiller, a ruthless tabloid magazine editor who pays people off, sleeps around and blackmails to get the story in the FX series “Dirt.”
Angelina Jolie
Jolie’s performance as French freelance journalist Mariane Pearl, the wife of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, in this summer’s “A Mighty Heart” generated early Oscar buzz.
