Brad Pitt is mobbed by fans as he arrives at San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain as friends reveal how marriage to Angelina Jolie sent his life 'spiraling'

Brad Pitt was mobbed by fans as he arrived at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain on Sunday – just after friends revealed how his marriage to Angelina Jolie sent his life 'spiraling'.

The actor, 62, has arrived in the city for the 74th international film festival in order to promote his new survival thriller Heart of the Beast.

And as he headed to the Maria Cristina Hotel this weekend after landing, crowds of people had lined the streets to get a glimpse of the Hollywood heartthrob.

Brad dressed smart casually in a blue suede jacket, dark shades, a denim cap and light grey trousers as he stepped out. 

His outing comes just after an exclusive Daily Mail report detailed his friends revealing the 'worst thing that ever happened to him' after marriage sent his life 'spiraling'.

A source close to Brad told us: 'He never had a drink problem, he had an Angelina problem. He's worked hard on himself and he's now, finally, in a really good place.'

You can read the in-depth report here. 

Brad and Angelina, 51, split back in September 2016 following just two years of marriage.

It comes after in an interview with L'Officiel USA published on September 9, Angelina stated that she's ready to leave the United States and 'be a bit nomadic' now that her two youngest children, twins Vivienne and Knox, have turned 18.

The star, who listed her Los Feliz mansion for $29.85million earlier this year, admitted she is experiencing 'the end of a certain time' in her life.

Asked if she's going to be swapping Los Angeles for New York, she told the publication: 'Out of the States more, I think.

'I don't really plan to have a base. I'd like to have a home base for my family, a place where some of the mom stuff and the family photos are. And then I'd like to be a bit nomadic for a while.'

She no longer needs to stay in Los Angeles to satisfy the rules of her custody agreement with Brad, which required her minor children to remain near their father until they turned 18.

All six of her children with the star are now adults and four of them, including Maddox, 25, Zahara, 21, Shiloh, 20 and Vivienne, have taken legal steps to change their last names from Pitt to Jolie.

Knox and Pax, 22, have not filed a formal legal name-change petition.

While Brad increasingly steps out in public with girlfriend of nearly four years, Ines de Ramon, 33, the Maleficent actress is keen to continue the global expansion of her Atelier Jolie creative house.

'The hope for the Atelier was always to be global; Brazil might become the first space that we open outside of the US,' she continued. 'The idea would be to visit the different locations around the world and meet local artists and makers.'

She is also planning to return to Cambodia to do 'more hands-on work' with her Maddox Foundation, which is a non-profit focused on community development and conservation.

'My home in Cambodia will also be a residency a few months out of the year for Khmer culture,' she explained.

Jolie noted that her goal with traveling is finding 'connection and community', rather than the idea of being a tourist.

'I'm not somebody who vacations or shops or things like that. I envision more field work, more travel, and just being out in the world. Get my motorcycle back, get back in a plane. I don't know.'

While Jolie has been present for her children when they needed her, she knows they would support her getting to travel the world more now they've grown up.

'That's definitely what my kids want. They had Mom when Mom needed to be Mom. Now, they'd like me to call them from Tunisia having just landed a plane to meet with local artists. I agree that would be very nice.'