Brad Pitt sat nearby, slumped over on a rock, sweat pouring off him.
Theres only one: See the village elder.
I thought it was going to push me over the edge.
Credit: Pitt & Blanchett Photograph by Martin Schoeller
Suddenly, the 42-year-old actor leaps to his feet to demonstrate that crucial survival tool.
Youve gotta find things to make you laugh during the shoot.
Cate called it the Hungry Bum.
He pauses and chuckles to himself.
When your bums so hungry its trying to eat your pants.
Gonzalez Inarritus globe-trotting melodrama was shot in six languages and on three continents.
And on a global scale, between George Bush and the Muslim world.
Mixing politics and moviemaking has always been a dangerous game.
One false move can mean the difference betweenTrafficandAll the Kings Men.
NowBabellooks poised to be one of this years leading dark-horse Oscar contenders.
All this comes at the end of a long, tough slog.
Dehydrated crew members in Mexico, for example, had to be hospitalized.
I had three pains I thought were heart attacks during production, recalls Gonzalez Inarritu.
To make this film was to give birth to a boy with four heads.
