Now 62 years old, Jill Schoelen was the woman who broke young Brad Pitt’s heart in the late 1980s. Schoelen was once engaged to the star of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
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At the time, Jill Schoelen was more famous in the film industry than Brad Pitt. She had found success with the movie “The Stepfather” (1987), which opened doors for her to star in the horror film “Cutting Class,” where she met Pitt.
In an interview with the Argentine newspaper La Nación, Jill revealed that in less than a year of dating, Brad was madly in love with her, saying she was “the right woman to marry.”
The actress said he used to write her letters and poems.
“I adore you, I will love you forever; I can’t stop thinking about you, I don’t feel complete if you’re not by my side,” Brad Pitt allegedly wrote in one of his letters.
However, their relationship didn’t end in a loving way.
In 2011, Brad Pitt told The Sun the real reason behind the breakup. He was in Los Angeles when Schoelen called him, crying and saying she wasn’t feeling well.
He spent $600 of the $800 he had to meet his girlfriend in Budapest, Hungary. The actress was filming a new version of “Phantom of the Opera” (1989).
When he arrived on set, she told him that she had fallen in love with the film’s director, Dwight Little.
“I was so shocked that my only reaction was to say, ‘I’m leaving,’” the actor said.
“You don’t forget something like that, and maybe I never completely got over the feeling of humiliation,” he admitted.
Photos: Instagram @jillschoelen and Wikimedia Commons. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
