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Topics: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Celebrity, TV And Film, Apple
Britt Jones
Topics: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Celebrity, TV And Film, Apple
Not every A-lister is well-behaved on set, and Brad Pitt’s antics are proof of it.
Pitt, who has been making a come back to the big screen, recently premiered his new Formula 1 racing movie, F1.
The film sees him play a retired racer who comes back into the industry to mentor a younger team, and so far, reviews have been mixed.
Of course, there’s seldom been a film that stars Pitt and flops, so it’s safe to say that it’s probably in good hands.
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But while in front of the screen, Pitt was blowing away viewers with his acting, he was delivering the blows behind the scenes.
While talking about his work on the new movie, Pitt told the New Heights podcast the story of a scene which required him to eat several plates of beans and bacon, leaving the crew only one option but to walk out.
He said: "We’re shooting in this little, tiny café. It’s full of the crew, so there’s about 60 people in there. It’s hot. You can’t breathe. My character hadn’t eaten for days, and he gets his big plate of beans, first plate of beans and bacon. And I was all like, Method, you know?"
He explained that in order to get into the mindset of his character, he acted just as a starving man would and utterly chowed down his food.
He said: "I was like, yeah, I’m going to do this right. I just powered down this plate of beans. Take two, do the same thing. Take three, I do the same thing. On four, I do the same thing. Then oh no. Something hit me."
That ‘something’ was the fibre from the beans hitting his digestive system.
“There was nothing I could do. I was stuck in this chair, and nature took its course. Then there was nothing. I went, oh, great. I got away with that one,” said Pitt, describing his misguided silent fart.
Sadly, silent but deadly is a saying for a reason, as he shared how it creeped up on everyone in the small space.
He said: “And then suddenly the entire crew… The most diabolical something… something descended on the crew in the whole room, and they fled the café.”
Fleeing your workplace over a fart has to mean that the fart in question is far too overwhelming to ignore.
Pitt’s successes on screen have recently been overshadowed by his unfortunate personal news in the last few years.
The most recent news has been that one of his daughters has changed her surname, totally cutting off her affiliation with her dad.
Formerly Shiloh Pitt is now known as 'Shi Jolie', which pays homage to her Girl, Interrupted star mother, Angelina Jolie, while shortening her legal name. But while it might seem unexpected, the newfound artist has been making moves to change it since May of last year.
As per a statement released at the time by her lawyer Peter Levine, who told PEOPLE: "The media should be more careful in their reporting, especially when covering a young adult who has made an independent and significant decision following painful events, and is merely following legal process.
"As Shiloh's attorney, I am required to publish a legal notice because the law in California requires that of anyone who wants to change their name.”
Pitt was reportedly upset about the name change, which comes after his messy divorce and legal battles with Jolie.