Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston get flirty during ‘Fast Times’ read

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got down and dirty on Zoom. During the star-studded charity “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” table read, Pitt played Brad Hamilton, the role originated by a young Judge Reinhold in the 1982 cult teen comedy, and Aniston took on the part of Linda, the girl a drooling Brad lusts after. Pitt and Aniston, who have practically gone on tour since their warmhearted reunion at the SAG Awards in January 2020, had to act out one of the most embarrassing scenes in the film.

You might recall when Brad takes a private moment in his bathroom, or as narrator Morgan Freeman said with blunt authority, “Brad is j**king off.” “Hi Brad, you know how cute I always thought you were. You are so sexy,” Pitt’s ex, whom he divorced in 2005, said in his character’s fantasy. Unlike actress Phoebe Cates, Aniston did not go topless.

But it was a fun bit that was surely negotiated by agents and publicists for weeks.

The event, held for a covid charity called CORE, managed to hold onto about 40K viewers on Facebook for an hour, and was crammed with celebs: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, Shia LaBeouf, Julia Roberts, Matthew McConaughey, Jimmy Kimmel, John Legend, Henry Golding, Dane Cook, and the original film’s star Sean Penn were all on hand.

LaBeouf was best as lovable stoner Jeff Spicoli, the role that made Penn famous. Roberts also charmed as Stacy, the Jennifer Leigh role, with an easygoing naiveté and that same big smile that has not dulled a watt. “Fast Times” was released during more freewheeling times. Roberts and Aniston performed the iconic carrot scene, which involves a graphic demonstration in the cafeteria.

It scandalized poor Freeman. “She takes out a carrot stick and eases it down her throat,” Freeman said, before muttering, “Holy cow!” Cute though the event was clocking in under an hour, it did not even make it through the entire script. But there was one delightful consequence of having A-listers act from their living rooms: bad Wi-Fi. Roberts and McConaughey, who appropriately played ladies’ man Mike Damone, were blurry on and off for much of the night.