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June 2nd, 2009 under Brangelina, Eli Roth

Eli Roth let People in on a little secret about how his Inglourious Basterds co-star Brad Pitt keeps his pits smelling so glourious!
"He shared that when you're sweating and don't have time to take a shower, you just take a baby wipe and rub it under your armpits," Pitt's costar and pal Eli Roth told PEOPLE at Saturday's Spike TV Guys Choice 2009 in Los Angeles, set to air on the cable network June 21 at 10 p.m.

"After a scene, Brad had to get next to me for a close-up shot, and he said, 'Damn, you're ripe,' " recalls Roth, 37. "I said, 'I didn’t have time to shower.' He said, 'Baby wipes, man, baby wipes.' "

When it came to Pitt's pits, Roth said the leading man explained, "I got six kids. All you've got to do is just take them, a couple quick wipes under the pits." Pitt further said, "Man, I'm getting pissed on all day. I don't have time to take a shower."

"I thought that was the greatest tip," says Roth, who took the advice to heart. "My character is called the Bear Jew. If I ever started to smell like a bear, I would just use a couple baby wipes under the armpits, and it made it safe for everyone else to act around me."
I can't believe that Brad Pitt told Eli that he was ripe. I could never tell someone that, could you? But hey he is Brad Pitt, he can do whatever he wants! Including letting people know his secret to armpit freshness. Now I want to know if Eli walks around with baby wipes all the time, unlike Brad he doesn't have any kids which could def be a fun conversation item if you see him with a pocket full of baby wipes. 
BTW besides letting people know about Brad's baby fresh scent, he also told People what it was like acting with him and hanging with Angelina Jolie at a Cannes after party. Did you guys see that In Touch magazine this week they called him "The Other Man" that she was talking to at that party? Too funny. Wonder if he used the baby wipes before he sat down on that couch with her?
UPDATE: That picture of Brad Pitt and Eli Roth was the exact moment that he was talking about in the interview. I just spoke with Eli Roth and he said, that they only got through that closeup because of the baby wipes. He said that he felt bad about smelling like The Bear Jew that he plays, but he had spent all day beating a Nazi to death with a baseball bat and didn't have time to shower. He explained that he doesn't always have time to shower whenever he gets sweaty while filming, but he always time to use a baby wipe and make things as painless as possible for his co-stars.
I am thankful for baby wipes because that picture is beyond awesome, and it is shame to think it almost didn't happen.
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