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Brad Pitt plays a ruthless hitman in new movie Killing Them Softly but he's not worried about playing such a violent character.

'Violence is an accepted part of the gangster world,' he says.

'Murder is an accepted possibility when you're dealing in crime. I would have a much harder time playing a racist.'

And Brad, 48, believes we live with brutal killing all around us.

'If you've ever had a hamburger, have you seen how they butcher cows?' he asks. 'It's barbaric, it's horrendous. It's very violent.

'This is the world we live in.'

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