Brad Pitt did '95%' of his own stunts in the ultra-violent 'Bullet Train,' crew member says

• Pitt did "95% of his physical stunts" said "Bullet Train" second-unit director Greg Rementer.
• He told Vulture that Pitt "really got in there" with the stunt work on the action movie.

Brad Pitt has gone from winning an Oscar for his role as a stunt man in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" to doing his own stunts in his next movie.

In his upcoming star-studded action thriller, "Bullet Train," Pitt did practically all of his own stunts.

The movie's second-unit director Greg Rementer told Vulture just how far Pitt went.

"Brad did 95% of his physical stunts — the fighting," Rementer said. "He's like a natural-born athlete. He really got in there!"

In the movie, based on the Japanese graphic novel "Maria Beetle," Pitt plays a hitman named Ladybug who is one of a slew of deadly assassins who board the same bullet train and are on a similar mission. A lot of violence then ensues.

The movie is directed by David Leitch, who co-directed the first "John Wick" movie and since has helmed action-packed movies like "Atomic Blonde," "Deadpool 2," and the "Fast & Furious" spinoff "Hobbs & Shaw." Before becoming a director, Leitch was a stuntman for Pitt on movies like "Troy," "Fight Club," and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith."

Rementer noted that Pitt was not the only actor to do their own stunt work. Much of the cast — made up of Sandra Bullock, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Shannon, Zazie Beetz, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Bad Bunny — took on their stunts as well.

"Never have I ever done so many huge actors in one feature where all of them excelled at the physical movement of our training," Rementer said. "So Brad, Brian, Michael Shannon, Hiroyuki Sonada, Andrew Koji — who was already a stud in terms of where he comes from with the show 'Warrior' — all these actors put out some great action and did a lot of their [own] stuff."

"Bullet Train" opens in theaters on July 15.