A BRAD PITT EATING ODYSSEY
The American novelist Fanny Fern is credited with coining the ubiquitous proverb that suggests “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. In the case of America’s sweetheart William Bradley Pitt, a similar but distinct adage might be applicable. His stomach is an indication of his heart, at least when it comes to screen acting. Over the course of a career spanning 30 years and counting, he’s made an artform of the often indelicate act of eating and drinking – a detail that can be traced all the way back to his very first (uncredited) film role in Lawrence Basoff’s Hunk, in which he played the illustrious role of “Guy at beach with drink”.
Although it was his seven-minute stint as the salacious outlaw JD in Ridley Scott’s that truly kick-started his ascent to megastardom, Pitt’s professional eating career began with his first major part, as teen basketball star Dwight in the 1989 comedy slasher , where he
