Nazi-Fightin’ Words: Pitt Slams Cruise’s “Ridiculous” Film
Oh yes he did.
Having adequately filled the public in on his and Angie’s rampant randiness, past toking up habits and nonexistent mayoral aspirations, the one-man sound bite machine that is Brad Pitt. He is now paying lip service to a topic guaranteed to keep him (and his new movie) in the headlines: dissing former costars.
Or rather, one costar in particular.
The unexpected slam came when Pitt was promoting Inglorious Basterds by blessing the German magazine Stern with an interview and the questioner, clearly unversed in the ego-stroking required of such an activity, made the mistake of mentioning another recent Nazi-fighting flick, Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie.
“It was a ridiculous movie,” Pitt said.
We’ll give him this: The man knows how to play to his audience.