Brad Pitt On Filming The Party Scene In 'Babylon' For Two Weeks Straight & Exploring Hollywood In The 1920s

Brad Pitt spoke with The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet of the 'Babylon' movie premiere.

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00:00All these crazy party scenes, you're falling off a roof into a pool.

00:03What was kind of the craziest day on set for you?

00:05The craziest day on set for me?

00:08Man, this party scene went on for two weeks.

00:10And, like, the first day was a bit shocking.

00:14Like, even for me, wow, wow, we're doing this, we're really doing this.

00:19A lot of nudity. A lot of nudity.

00:21And then kind of day three, it was like, yeah, a lot of nudity.

00:24And then two weeks into it, it was just like another day at the office.

00:27But there was another scene where we're racing the light,

00:32and it's 700 extras behind, and we're trying to capture this shot,

00:36and everyone's panicked to get it and rushing, and the crew's all going mad.

00:41And that, to me, represents filmmaking.

00:44That's a lot of times what it's like.

00:46What was it like just more kind of this era of Hollywood?

00:50You know, it's a whole different acting style.

00:52They were big, they indicated.

00:55And it wasn't until I started studying them

00:58that I could see, like, the real charm and artistry in what they were doing.

01:03Yeah.

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