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In his latest movie, The Tree of Life (opening in New York and Los Angeles May 27, and nationwide soon after), Brad Pitt plays the domineering father of three young sons in 1950s Texas – a small-town setting that hit close to home, he says.

Pitt, 47, says he was reminded of his own boyhood in Springfield, Mo., while making the film, in which Sean Penn plays his grown son.

“We were out running around until dark, chasing fireflies with tennis rackets, up to all sorts of mayhem,” Pitt recalls of his childhood.

These days, the actor is raising six kids of his own (three adopted, three biological) with partner Angelina Jolie, while roaming the world on movie shoots and humanitarian missions.

Read more. Thanks marypoppinsmyass. (Updated with some more bits)

Cannes 2011: BP Press

And along with the portrait session posted below came a lovely new interview which was of course added to BP Press.

You won’t catch Brad Pitt doing fatherhood in a small way, on screen or in his real family life with Angelina Jolie.

In Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” which premiered this week at the Cannes Film Festival, Pitt plays a father of three in a drama that deals with the biggest of questions about our place in the cosmos.

In his home life, Pitt and Jolie are parents of six — three biological children, three adopted. For Pitt, who was childless into his 40s after his marriage with Jennifer Aniston broke up, it all happened in just a few years.

“I know it seems extreme from the outside, but I’ve always kind of operated this way. When I know, I know, and why mess around?” Pitt, 47, said in an interview.

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Perfect ‘Studio’ translation

With a huge thanks to our SB Staff member Natlc, I was able to add a perfect translation of Brad’s most recent interview with studio Cine Live (France) magazine to BP Press.

An afternoon with Brad Pitt
To mark the much anticipated release of The Tree of Life, the new Terrace Malick film odyssey, we find Brad Pitt in Los Angeles for an unprecedented meeting for the film which he is the lead actor and co-producer. When a superstar speaks about cinema and himself, with such kindness and humility, you know it will be great.

Read more/discuss. Thanks so much Natlc!

Studio Translation

Thanks to Dana, I added the translation of the latest interview with Brad by Studio Cine Live. It’s an auto translation so not flawless, perhaps someone could review it please? My french sucks a lil.

An afternoon with Brad Pitt
On the occasion of the highly anticipated The Tree of Life, the new Terrence Malick’s cinematic odyssey, we find Brad Pitt in Los Angeles for an unprecedented meeting on this film which he is the lead actor and co-producer, when a superstar and talks about cinema itself, with a kindness and humility that knows that with the great.

Read more.