Gorgeous actor Brad Pitt London - Arabstoday Gorgeous actor Brad Pitt has become the first male face of Chanel N°5, a role previously filled by fellow Hollywood luminaries, including Marilyn Monroe and Nicole Kidman. A new 30-second ad campaign for the iconic women’s perfume was unveiled online via the French fashion house’s YouTube page and then on television. In the advert, made by British director Joe Wright, Bradd Pitt recites a poem, specially written for the campaign, to a mystery woman. Chanel sees the ad campaign as a new direction and Pitt reportedly is being paid $7 million for his efforts. The most famous face of the perfume was Marilyn Monroe, who in 1953 said it was all she wore to bed.