Brad Pitt: “Babylon” star talks about wild coke party on the film set

Brad Pitt
“Babylon” star talks about wild coke party on the film set

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt (59) reported wild drug parties while filming his latest film “Babylon – Rush of Ecstasy”. “Half the extras in the background were constantly naked and snorting cocaine out of someone else’s butt,” Pitt revealed to “Bild am Sonntag“It doesn’t get any better than that,” he said, laughing.

After the scene he had three days off. And when he came back to the set, the party was still going on. “But only for the film, of course,” Pitt said. Admittedly, things are no longer as rampant in the industry today as they are in the movies. But even today there is still “excessive drug use”, which is “sad but true,” said the 59-year-old.

However, 100 years ago there were even more drugs, cocaine or heroin were legal. “There was a lot of it, drugs are part of the party,” the actor explained. Everyone had “their drug of choice” back then. However, the escalating drug use in the 1930s also had fatal consequences. This is also “reflected” in “Babylon”.

Screenplay was “an absolute mess”

When he read the script for “Babylon” for the first time, he was “shocked”, said the actor. “It was totally insane, absolute chaos,” Pitt continued. And that was what happened in front of the camera.

“La La Land” director Damien Chazelles (38) latest work about Hollywood in the 1920s has been in cinemas since January 19th. It shows a time when silent films were slowly being replaced by sound films. At the center of the story is Manny Torres (Diego Calva, 30), who, as the son of Mexican immigrants, wants to gain a foothold in the film industry. At the same time, established silent film stars like Jack Conrad (Brad Pitt) are on the verge of extinction due to progress, and up-and-coming actors and actresses like Nellie LaRoy (Margot Robbie, 32) are also having an increasingly difficult time.

In the 188-minute long, visually stunning epic, abstruse, disturbing, but also emotional moments follow each other almost every minute. There was a Golden Globe for “Best Film Music” for this, and the strip was nominated five times.

Brad Pitt also had to cope with a low

But not only the stars of the 1920s had to struggle with problems. Brad Pitt personally had a moment in his career “10, 15 years ago” when “I thought I was facing an insurmountable wall and couldn’t get any further”. At that time he was looking for the help of a coach. The Hollywood superstar said he had to “break away from everything”, “start from scratch” and “relax”.

Through working with the coach, he rediscovered himself and his creative talent. He had to learn “the ABCs of acting” again and what he was actually doing the job for. “I had to ask myself the simple questions of life,” said the 59-year-old.

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