Brad Pitt calls his kids little “basterds” & jokes about being a “drunk”

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Earlier, we saw the gorgeous red carpet pictures from the premiere of Inglourious Basterds. Now we’re getting some of the quotes from the stars as they were interviewed on the red carpet. OK! Magazine managed to get Angelina to give them a small exclusive – they quote her as saying the twins “are great, they’re walking.”

Meanwhile People Magazine got the exclusive with Brad. Brad talks about his thick Southern accent for the film, and how Maddox even copied it up for a short time. This is because, according to director Quentin Tarantino, Brad stayed in character most of the time. Tarantino told Rotten Tomatoes: “Brad was a blast. He was a blast in this role… one of the things that was so cool was, a lot of his character is about rhythm – the way he speaks – and he loved that character so much, he would stay in character for the most part during the day. It wasn’t some method-y, psychotic kind of thing, or some unnerving kind of thing. He could always respond as Brad, but there was always a little Aldo in there. And I loved the character of Aldo, so to be able to hang out with him all day long was a joy!” Brad also joked to People that he’s a total drunk. No joke, Brad:

Brad Pitt had no trouble getting into the good ol’ boy spirit of his WWII Tennessee hillbilly lieutenant screen character at Monday night’s Hollywood premiere of director Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds.

Asked at Grauman’s Chinese Theater if he ever took his role home and do it for his kids, Pitt– who plays Aldo “The Apache” Raine, leader of a troop of eight against the Nazis – told PEOPLE: “I did! I’d tell those little ‘basterds’ to get out there and start scalpin’!”

The proud papa noted that his children proved to be quick studies, especially the eldest, son Maddox, 8. He “picked it up a little, the accent, and it was pretty funny,” said Pitt. “He got pretty good, actually.”

As for the raucous after-hours spirit while making the movie, which also stars Eli Roth (as Staff Sergeant Donny Donowitz) and Til Schweiger (as German psychopath Hugo Stiglitz) – it was, well, spirited, often being fueled by six packs and even 12 packs.

“Oh,” Pitt joked, laughing, “I’m just a drunk!”

[From People]

MTV also had some good interviews with Tarantino and the cast on the red carpet. MTV’s red carpet interviewer pointed out that the film is about a group of soldiers who conspire to kill Nazis at a film screening, so in effect, they were all at a film premiere for a film about a film premiere. Brad responded: “Interesting, I didn’t put that together… That’s surreal. I’m going to go have a little ‘Nam flashback now!”

According to multiple sources, Brad and Angelina not only walked the red carpet arm-in-arm for the photographers, but they actually broke protocol and ran through traffic to greet their fans, pose for pictures and sign autographs. Brad also told MTV that he considers Tarantino, “one of the greatest directors in the world… He’s one of our auteurs. He’s got a very specific voice, and there’s no one like him. He’s changed the game a few degrees, and continues to do so.” It really seems like Quentin and Brad have some kind of hardcore bromance going on, doesn’t it? I love how much they’re talking each other up in interviews. Just yesterday, we heard Quentin describe Brad as: “What’s really cool about Brad right now is that the pretty boy is gone. He’s a man now. He can bear the weight. Brad is at the zenith of his iconicness.” Ten bucks says that Quentin and Brad make out before this publicity tour is over.

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28 Responses to “Brad Pitt calls his kids little “basterds” & jokes about being a “drunk””

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  1. Chicoulina says:

    20 bucks says Brad will become Quentins muse and they will make another movie together!

  2. Praise St. Angie! says:

    maybe they have the same kind of friendship as Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.

    and those two make great films together.

  3. Gigi says:

    Geez….does Brad ever smile anymore? The last time he looked really happy is when he was in a photo with Quentin Tarrentino. For someone who is now with the “sexiest woman alive” he sure has been looking unhappy and poorly groomed lately.

  4. justathought says:

    pitt keeps it real.

  5. AJ says:

    Aldo “The Apache” Raine?

    Oh, please! Tarantino is perpetuating yet another NDN stereotype of scalping. He should’ve given the character a French call sign, seeing how they are the ones that originated the practice.

  6. Enonymous says:

    There is always a sense of truth behind personal ‘jokes’.

  7. lisa says:

    Whatever.. the man made a joke.. of couse the detectives will read more into it. Now if it were said by anyone else it would be the funniest thing. But because Brad made a joke then we will have 30+ comments on he and Angie as parents. yeah we get it.. They can’t do what everyone else does..

    double standards.

  8. lol says:

    Oh please, QT is just using Brad for the free publicity. after all the faux fawning he admitted that he wanted brad in the movie because Benjamin Button did good at the box office. The other actor is the main guy, brad is pretty much just a cameo role. seriously. if people are looking for a Brad Pitt movie they will be disappointed at how little air time he has in this one. Btw, Angie looks bored.

  9. fizXgirl314 says:

    why is bastard misspelled in the title? i don’t understand the point. can someone explain it to me?

  10. Kaiser says:

    The name (and spelling) of the film is “Inglourious Basterds”.

  11. princess pea says:

    Oh, lol. You really think the QT needs Brad? I get that it’s not a big role, but you’re making a big leap to assume that NO ONE would go to see a QT film without the Pitt. And that he only realized Brad had box-office draw from Benjamin Button… I guess that’s why Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction did so poorly. Oh, wait, I’m still in THIS universe. Nevermind.

  12. lol says:

    yeah, but Qt’s last film with robert rodriguez didn’t do so well at the box office and it’s a known fact that the producers of basterds needs a major hit right now.

  13. princess pea says:

    But WHY Kaiser? I just spent 20 minutes on Wikipedia and IMDB trying to find a reason. I learned that it’s not a remake of the 1978 Italian film of the same name, though the title (and partial premise) of the film was inspired by it. I learned that in the UK they are still misspelling Inglorious but not Bastards. But I can’t see anywhere an explanation for it. I know I’m a stickler, and people mostly find us annoying, but I can accept misspelling for a REASON. And I respect Quentin enough to believe he has one, I guess no one is bothering to ask. It’s killing me. I must know.

  14. Kaiser says:

    Princess – I believe the reason for the weird spelling is that Brad’s character is illiterate (or just a really bad speller) and the character writes out “Basterds” at some point.

    But I believe QT has admitted that he stole the name – spelling & all – from that 1970s movie. Go to the Rotten Tomatoes interview link ^above^ and QT talks about it more.

  15. fizXgirl314 says:

    Thanks Kaiser, that’s what I meant, why is it misspelled in the title of the movie. I wasn’t sure if I was missing the double entendre or what… thanks 🙂

  16. Miriam says:

    Princess, Quentin or Brad did explain why the Basterd instead of bastard. something about this motley crew of 8 were ignorant hillbillies and couldn’t spell. I’ll try to find the link for you.

  17. ayomendy says:

    ok sooo what is the point… technical they are bastards by definition, children born to parents who are not married to one another

  18. Lys says:

    What a beautiful parents! Yeah, lets call them bastards!

  19. princess pea says:

    Thanks Kaiser and Miriam! Like I said, I totally believed that QT would have an explanation, I just can’t find one myself. I was wondering why no interviewers are asking… It makes me think they didn’t notice, which turns me into a very sad panda.

  20. TinaWithPom says:

    Hmph. If taken literally like that (children born to an unmarried couple), then I guess I know lots of bastards, both first and second-generation. So, *yawn*.

  21. DD says:

    yikes Brad needs to stop giving the rabid haters ammunition.

  22. The Benjamin Button film wasn’t even released until Basterds was almost done shooting.

    But sure, that’s *obviously* the reason that Tarantino wanted Pitt…

  23. Smart says:

    Let Brad be a man as Q now states him, and with that comes responsibility. Such jokes are not very responsible.

  24. Carmela says:

    1. According to QT it’s called “IngloUrious BastErds” because that’s how a german speaker would pronounce the original title.

    2. Button wasn’t a particularly successful film. On it’s budget of $150 million it would have had to made $300 mil just to break even. It scraped past that marker (Worldwide!) by a mere $30 mil.

  25. the original kate says:

    it’s a joke. my BFF calls her 3 kids “the spawn of satan” and occasionally refers to them as little bastards and none of them are damaged in any way.

  26. Magsy says:

    I appreciate his honesty.

  27. Parkeren says:

    Agree with @Magsy!

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