We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 353

Pitt's first major role was in a film that has been almost entirely forgotten by time: The Dark Side of the Sun. Filmed in the former Yugoslavia and released in 1988, the drama centers on a young man named Rick who is deathly allergic to sunlight. After trying (and failing) to cure the disease with traditional medicine, Rick's father takes him over to then-Yugoslavia to meet a healer who might be able to help. This is where we'd normally put a spoiler warning, but it's a pretty obscure movie that isn't readily available to see – except for a handful of YouTube clips. In the end, Rick – unable to find a cure – decides he's tired of living his life in a rubber suit and gimp mask (!), so he heads down to the beach to feel the sun on his skin for the first time. And then the sun kills him. 

Brad Pitt’s First Big Movie Role Was Weird As Hell

It involves a rubber gimp mask, for starters.