How does Brad Pitt spend his downtime. He helps former US president Jimmy Carter build a house.
For the 2,000-plus foreign and Indian volunteers engaged in constructing 100 houses in a week, it was an amazing sight to observe the 82-year-old Nobel laureate laying bricks and cement alongside the muscular Pitt. His appearance at the site, 56 km from Pune, around Monday noon took everybody offguard. The hunky actor -- sporting a grey hat and dark jeans -- surrounded by private security went to house number 73, where Carter and his wife Rosalynn were working.The trio exchanged greetings and talked for a few minutes, before Pitt joined the former US first couple in voluntary physical labour, involving laying of concrete blocks and cement at the house.
After spending about quarter of an hour with the couple, the actor went to the restricted zone at the back of the site and made his departure unnoticed.
The Carters, in jeans and sports shoes, worked for long hours on Monday at the site undertaking all tasks related with masonry and only took a lunch break. Jimmy Carter's advanced age failed to dampen his enthusiasm as he climbed ladders and lifted huge concrete castings with ease.
An appearance is worth a thousand words I guess (15 minutes seems like a bit hasty).
Wall by Pitt, homes by Carter [Times of India]
Written by Lauren Burch
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