Includes SPOILERS for Wolfs.
Apple TV+‘sWolfsis led by two of the world’s most renowned movie stars, yet neither of them plays a properly named character in the crime comedy movie. George Clooney and Brad Pitt are at the head of theWolfscast, both playing crime fixers who are brought on for the same job, forcing them to overcome their egos and differences to get through a long night of twists and turns.The names Margaret’s Man and Pam’s Man are used to describe the two characters, respectively, based on the different characters who hire them for the job.
At theWolfsending, Clooney and Pitt’s characters acknowledge that they’ve spent the entire night of multiple shootouts, car chases, and fist fights together, yet they haven’t exchanged names.They tease the idea that they’ll swap names if they make it out alive before cutting offin the middle of their next gunfight. This keeps the mystery going for a potentialWolfssequel, but there’s also an important creative choice in not mentioning either character’s name.
Hiding Clooney & Pitt’s Wolfs Character Names Connects To How Distanced They Are From Personal Identities
The Lack Of Names Is Crucial To Clooney & Pitt’s Character Development
A major thematic aspect ofWolfsis the character study of the fixer. The crime fixer is a movie lead archetype everyone has seen before, soWolfsexplores the isolation of such a job from a comedic perspective, examining how sad their lives really are despite how outwardly cool they portray themselves as.Both Clooney and Pitt’s characters are so distanced from their authentic, personal selvesthat they spend the entire night forgetting to exchange names. This is crucial to their character designs and for the overarching narrative of the film.
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Another aspect ofWolfsthat the Kid (Austin Abrams) comments on is that Clooney and Pitt’s characters are essentially the same person. They’re grown men who’ve spent decades working this job, and in both cases, they’re more fixer than they are human.The movie shows how similar these characters are, and seeing one another essentially becomes a mirror for them, allowing them to reflect on how far gone they are from their personal identities and their names.
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Of course, this isn’t to say Clooney and Pitt are anything like their fixer characters in the movies, butthe movie works well enough with the idea that the audience can associate the characters with their actors. These aren’t transformative roles where they’re becoming a biopic lead or something of the sort; they’re essentially just playing silly, fictionalized versions of themselves.Wolfshas a lot of meta-commentary in the idea that its two leads are the butt of the joke, which is part of its charm.
Wolfs
Wolfs is an action-thriller film written and directed by Jon Watts, and sees the on-screen reunion of Brad Pitt and George Clooney after nearly fifteen years. The film centers on two fixers who are brought together when they’re both hired for the same job.
