Brad Pitt recalls method acting attempt that caused crew to flee film set: ‘Diabolical'
Brad Pitt recently told Travis and Jason Kelce on their 'New Heights' podcast about the time he failed at method acting early in his career.
'One of my first movies. We're doing this little independent film. We're shooting in this little tiny cafe,' the 'F1' star, 61, recalled. 'It's full of the crew, so there's about 60 people in there. It's hot. You can't breathe.'
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6 Brad Pitt on the 'New Heights' podcast.
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'My character hadn't eaten for days, and he gets his big plate of beans, first plate of beans and bacon,' Pitt continued. 'And I was all like, method, you know? 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. Take four, I do the same thing.'
6 Brad Pitt at the premiere of 'Red Heat' in 1988.
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Then, 'something hit me,' Pitt recounted, as the Kelce brothers burst out laughing.
'Oh I know exactly what hit ya,' Jason, 37, said. 'We all know what hit ya.'
'There was nothing I could do,' Pitt explained. 'I was stuck in this chair. And nature took its course. Then there was nothing.'
6 Brad Pitt during his appearance on Jason and Travis Kelce's podcast.
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'I went, oh, great. I got away with that one,' the 'Fight Club' star continued. 'And then suddenly the entire crew… the most diabolical something… something descended on the crew in the whole room and they fled the cafe.'
Pitt jokingly added, 'That's a confession you've heard first, right here. And ever since then, I pace myself.'
'Beans will do it to ya, baby,' Travis, 35, said with a laugh, as Jason joked that Pitt knows how to 'clear a room.'
6 Brad Pitt attends the Seventh Annual Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon Kick-Off Cocktail Reception in 1988.
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Pitt got his start in Hollywood with minor roles in the 1987 movies 'Hunk,' 'No Man's Land,' 'Less than Zero' and 'No Way Out.'
His first leading role was in 1988's 'The Dark Side of the Sun' before he gained recognition for starring alongside Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in the 1991 adventure thriller, 'Thelma & Louise.'
6 Brad Pitt at the 'F1' premiere in London on June 23.
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On 'New Heights,' Pitt admitted that he was starstruck by Sarandon, 78, and Davis, 69, at the time of shooting the beloved film.
'I got over it quickly, though,' he added.
Pitt's most recent role was as Formula 1 driver Sonny Hayes in the new film, 'F1.'
6 Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt in 'F1.'
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'I love a sports movie when they work … It's the greatest,' Pitt told the Kelce brothers. 'I look back at Gene Hackman and 'Hoosiers' and [Robert] Redford and 'The Natural,' there's even something more. Sports for me, even one game is an entire lifetime.'
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'We watch you guys, we watch your fate,' the 'Moneyball' star added to the NFL siblings. 'We watch how you deal with adversity, how you fight through it and it's really an amazing metaphor for a lifetime.'
'F1' is in theaters now.
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