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Brad Pitt's Treasure Hunting Story Goes Viral

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In an interview with GQ, in which he also discussed getting sober and quitting cigarettes, Brad opened up about his wine property in Provence, France, the Château Miraval, where he and ex Angelina Jolie also got married in 2014.

Brad claims he was approached by a man “a few years ago,” who told him the château had millions of dollars in buried gold on the grounds, dating back to the medieval era, supposedly from the Levant during the Crusades.

“I got obsessed,” he admitted.

“Like for a year, this was all I could think about, just the excitement of it all.”

He said he bought radar equipment to search for the treasure.

“Maybe it has something to do with where I grew up, because in the Ozark Mountains there were always stories of hidden caches of gold,” he continued.

Sadly, the treasure never turned up, and the man who made the claim was “ultimately seeking money for some kind of radar company, an investment opportunity.”

It was “pretty foolish in the end,” Brad concluded: “It was just the hunt that was exciting.”

Find out what he said about the “last leg” of his career.

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