Brad Pitt recently appeared on the “New Heights” podcast and shared a humorous anecdote with hosts Jason and Travis Kelce about his early experience with Method acting. In one of his first films, he had a scene that required him to eat a plate of beans, and he took it seriously, resulting in some hilariously unexpected moments.
“I’ll tell you a story,” Pitt began. “I haven’t thought about this for years. One of my first movies, I’m doing this little independent film. We’re shooting in this little tiny cafe. It’s full of the crew, so there’s about 60 people in there. It’s hot. You can’t breathe. And 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? 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.”
“There was nothing I could do. I was stuck in this chair,” Pitt said as the Kelce brothers reacted with uncontrollable laughter. “And nature took its course. Then there was nothing. I went, oh, great. I got away with that one. And then suddenly the entire crew… The most diabolical something… something descended on the crew in the whole room and they fled the cafe.”
Although Pitt did not specify which of his early films featured the bean incident, he discussed his reputation for eating on camera during the podcast. This conversation occurred when the Kelce brothers asked him about his favorite food he had ever eaten while filming.
“Damn. I don’t know how I get this. Like, people eat in life,” Pitt said, with a laugh. The actor noted that the reputation began with his starring role in the 2001 heist movie Ocean’s Eleven, in which his character Rusty is seen eating throughout many of his scenes.
“I think it was in Ocean’s, and I figure he’s always waiting around. He’s like the consigliere of the group, and he’s always doing this and doing this and he’s gotta eat on the run,” Pitt explained of the habit’s origins. “That’s where this came from. There was thought behind it. And now, anytime I eat in a film — I guess I’m a bit of a grazer, yes, okay. But everything I’ve done, that’s what I’m known for. The best? I had an ice cream sundae. I remember an ice cream sundae, a big parfait thing.”
Brad Pitt is in “F1,” which opened globally to $144 million, making it Apple’s highest box office debut so far. According to sources, discussions for a sequel are already happening, as reported by Variety.
