Brad Pitt has been accused by director Ed Zwick of displaying “volatile” conduct when filming on the set of an iconic western movie ‘Legends of the Fall’.
The ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ star was allegedly involved in a physical confrontation with Zwick during filming for the 1994 classic.
And in his new memoir ‘Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood’ who says that they “yelled”, the 71-year-old director says he and Pitt “swore” and “threw” a chair at each other.
“I don’t know who yelled first, who swore, or who threw the first chair. Me, maybe? But when we looked up, the crew had disappeared. And this wasn’t the last time it happened,” he wrote in his book, according to an excerpt published by Vanity Fair.
In another excerpt, he claimed the Oscar winner was often “edgy” in between takes when he was required to tap into his deeper emotions.
He also describe his conduct as “volatile when riled”, and even suggested the actor, 60, wanted to quit the film after the first table read. Producer Marshall Herskovitz convinced him to stay, and he was cast in the role of Tristan Ludlow.
Brad Pitt’s behavior under the spotlight
It is not the first time Pitt has been condemned for his behavior. He faced an FBI investigation and a probe from the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services over allegations of abuse towards his ex-wife Angelina Jolie, who filed for divorce after citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Jolie alleged to the FBI that during a private plane trip in 2016, Pitt looked “like he was going to attack” one of the couple’s children after they called him a “p****,” prompting her to place her then-husband “in a chokehold” from behind in a bid to restrain him.
On Father’s Day in 2020, his teenage son, Pax, unleashed a wild rant about his Pitt, calling him an “awful human being” in a social media post.
“Happy Father’s Day to this world class a******!! You time and time and again prove yourself to be a terrible and despicable person,” Pax wrote.
“You have no consideration or empathy toward your 4 youngest children who tremble in fear when in your presence. You will never understand the damage you have done to my family because you are incapable of doing so.”
