Brad, said to take a theatrical part (4)
I believe the answer is:
pitt
'brad said' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'take a theatrical part' is the wordplay.
'take' becomes 'pit' (pitting is a kind of taking**).
'part' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'theatrical' is 't'.
'pit'+'t'='PITT'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pitt that I've seen before include "William --, who became Prime Minister at 24" , "Former Prime Minister" , "William --, early PM" , "William - the Younger, twice PM" , "a name in politics once" .)