In his new movie Fury, Brad Pitt plays the commander of a DD Sherman tank in the Second World War and for advice while filming in Hertfordshire last year, he turned to Peter Comfort, 91, the last Second World War survivor of the 13/18th Royal Hussars who was assigned to the Sherman tanks at just 21-years-old. To repay Mr Comfort for his expertise, Pitt accompanied the war hero to the London Film Festival gala screening of the film on Sunday night, where they walked the red carpet together. Pitt laughed and joked with Mr Comfort as they posed for pictures at the Battersea Evolution, alongside his co-stars including Shia LaBeouf.
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Pitt invited WWII veteran to advise him on Hertfordshire set of new film
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As a thank you, he invited Peter Comfort to be his guest at première
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Mr Comfort had no idea who Pitt was, his favourite star is Alec Guinness
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By end of D-Day 140 of Mr Comfort's comrades were dead, 350 wounded
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