Brad Pitt is 'willing to look at the death penalty' in bizarre rant against BP

He was speaking in a documentary due to be screened in the US tomorrow tonight.

Asked about the people responsible for the crisis, the ‘Inglourious Basterds’ star said: ‘I was never for the death penalty before – I am willing to look at it again.’

Mr Pitt, 46, has spearheaded the ‘Make it Right’ project to build 150 affordable and sustainable homes in one of the areas of New Orleans that was worst hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

His efforts in the region are featured in the new film by director Spike Lee marking the fifth anniversary of the hurricane devastation.

The documentary, called ‘If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise’, was supposed to end on a positive note with the New Orleans American Football team winning the Super Bowl.

But when the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion happened in April, killing eleven workers and triggering the worst environmental disaster in US history, Mr Lee extended the film to include that story.