Wednesday November 28, 2007

Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt has disappointed female fans worldwide by vowing never to do another nude scene.

The sexy star said he didn’t want his children to see him naked on the big screen.

The actor, who adopted lover Angelina Jolie’s kids Pax, Maddox and Zahara before she gave birth to their daughter Shiloh, said he would only make ovies his family can watch. “I certainly don’t want to be embarrassed when my kids get old enough to see my films. “I can’t see any more nude scenes or fart jokes,” he said.

And he dropped another bombshell when he admitted that he did not think he would be acting for much longer – and there would be no more Ocean’s Eleven films. He said: “There’s no more. I think we all need to put away childish things. “We’ll find something else. “I just don’t think there’s anywhere to go with that particular story, if someone comes up with an idea we would.”

The star of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which he co-produced with Ridley Scott, said: “I figure I’ve got very few films left. “Who knows how many I’ll get to do now so I want to do something I’m interested in otherwise I don’t want to bother. “I think it’s a younger person’s game. I like being on the other side. I like producing a lot,” he said on BBC1’s Film 2007 with Jonathan Ross.

The Hollywood heavyweight made his debut as a producer on The Departed, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He plays Jesse James in the new film, which also star his fellow Ocean’s Eleven actor Casey Affleck as Robert Ford. “Casey did an amazing job with it. Their relationship is the crux of the film. It’s the crux of the book. “What is it about these two guys? Why would they be stuck together that last year when one would end up killing the other and in doing so would actually lead to his own death?

“What I’m saying is they are both complicit in their own deaths and we thought that was an interesting idea to dissect,” he said. And he hit back at critics who said the film was too long. “There has been some complaints about length,” he said. “Me, I really liked the film. It has a meditative quality. I think it’s absolutely lyrical.”

Pitt spoke of his love of producing and working with new filmmakers. He said story was the most important key to approaching new projects as a producer. “It’s always story and storyteller. Who is telling that story and what is that story and can we get stories to the table that might not get there otherwise? “Do we need us to help shepherd them? Are there filmmakers we would like to support?” he said.

Working with Thelma and Louise producer Ridley Scott again was a dream for Pitt. He said: “It’s so cool. I’ll always be indebted to Ridley as he gave me my opening into the big leagues as they call it.”

Pitt showed his cheeky side with a nod to his gay fans when Jonathan Ross teased him about his sexy Ocean’s Eleven co-stars George Clooney and Matt Damon. Ross started his question: “Speaking as a straight man who can appreciate male beauty…” before Pitt interrupted: “I can’t speak as a straight man.”