14 DAY TRIAL // Some months ago, when Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf were still shooting the war drama “Fury” in London, one rumor claimed that Brad couldn’t stand his younger co-star because he was “too Method” for his taste, wouldn’t break character in between takes and was generally a pain in the neck to be around.
As it turns out, there were some differences on set but they were far less serious than the rumor claimed – and it didn’t involve Shia and Brad as opponents. In fact, he tells British GQ in a new interview, they ganged up against newcomer Scott Eastwood, trying to put him in his place.
Scott is the son of legendary actor and director Clint Eastwood, a very handsome model who’s now trying to get his acting career off the ground. With a name like his, it’s doubtful he will find too many closed doors in his path.
Scott “disrespected” their home on set
Brad tells the magazine that, during one particular scene, he noticed that Scott was spitting on the tank they were in. “Fury” tells the story of a tank crew in the final days of WWII, so the tank Scott was spitting on was the same one they’d been pretty much living in by the time they were shooting said scene.
“I'm starting to get [expletive]-ed off, I'm starting to get hot, because this is our home, he's disrespecting our home, you know?” Brad recalls. “So I said, in the scene with the cameras rolling, ‘You're going to clean that [expletive] up.’ Shia clocks it, and you have to understand, we've been through severe boot camp already, we've been through a lot in this tank. Shia saw it and felt the same.”
The three, Shia and himself on one side and Scott on the other, ended up having “some words,” the actor reveals. He doesn’t say it, but he seems to hint that the younger actor did as he was bid and cleaned up where he’d spit on the tank.
However, it didn’t end here, Pitt laughs. When they called it a day and he went to his hotel room for some well-deserved rest, he reread the script for the scene, only to find that Scott had been following instructions, because it said his character was “chewing tobacco and spitting it on the back of the tank.”
They probably made peace the next day.
Brad and Shia got along just fine
Despite rumors that he couldn’t stand Shia because he was “too intense” for his taste, Brad has nothing but nice words about his co-star, with whom he will probably be reunited as soon as the actual promo tour for the movie kicks off.
He says Shia is one of the most talented and professional actors he’s worked with so far, and to Brad’s credit, he’s worked with quite a few, so he knows only too well what he’s talking about. He doesn’t directly deny the rumors of fighting on set, but since he’s saying these things, he doesn’t need to anymore, because his words of praise should be enough to silence the rumors.
“Fury” also stars Michael Pena and Xavier Samuel, is directed by David Ayer and will be out in theaters at the end of the month. It is poised to make of Pitt a serious Oscar contender in the Best Actor category.