Brad the builder gets his hands dirty
Builders - 02/11/2006 11:57:08
Few would have expected a Hollywood megastar to don a hard hat and get his hands dirty on a building site. But Brad Pitt has surprised the world by helping to build houses for the poor in a run-down Indian province.
The Troy star, wearing over-sized shades and a baseball cap, spent half an hour carrying heavy bricks and clearing away rubble despite the searing heat.
Joined by formed US president Jimmy Carter, the pair helped thousands of other volunteers from a Christian charity to build homes in Lonavla, near Mumbai.
The dedicated Carter and his wife Rosalynn have spent a week building homes for the organisation every year since 1984.
Pitt and his girlfriend Angelina Jolie are currently in India filming A Mighty Heart about American journalist Daniel Pearl who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan in 2002.
The film has caused controversy before it has even hit the big screen, with Jolie playing the part of Daniel's mixed-race wife Marianne.
Black rights campaigners have said the casting was unnecessary and that a black or mixed-race actress would have been more appropriate for the role.
If your home needs some star treatment, find professional builders in your area who will be glad to lend a helping hand.