Vinnie Jones Shares Wild Times with Brad Pitt

Vinnie Jones has given an insight into his 20-year friendship with , revealing he took the Hollywood star greyhound racing in Walthamstow. 

The former footballer, 61, starred alongside the actor, 62, in the 2000 film Snatch and they have remained in contact ever since. 

In a new interview, Vinnie said Brad was a 'down to earth bloke' despite being a 'triple A-lister' and his 'most famous' friend. 

Vinnie told Sussex Life Magazine: 'Brad is in that little group of biggest A-listers in the world of celebrity and he's a good lad. He's a down-to-earth bloke. I like him. I go round his house in LA and play cards.

'We used to go to dog racing here, to the greyhound racing at Walthamstow. He used to come with me when we were filming Snatch and he loves the countryside and a bit of fly fishing.'

Fly fishing is a distinct angling method where fish are caught using lightweight artificial flies cast via a specialised weighted line and flexible rod. 

Vinnie went on to say the favourite film he has done is Snatch. 

The comedy, directed by Guy Ritchie, followed the frantic search for a stolen 86-carat diamond and the chaotic world of fixed, bare-knuckle boxing. 

Vinnie said: 'Lock Stock's dear to my heart, but Snatch with all the big names coming on board - Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, it was just phenomenal to have all these big names.'

Elsewhere in the interview, the actor said the 'best decision' he made was to move to LA with his family. 

After ditching his football career in 1999, he reinvented himself for a life in Hollywood, swapping his trademark aggression on the pitch to play bad guys and thugs on the silver screen. 

He said: 'That was a big decision and it worked out well, luckily. And the second best was coming back.'

Vinnie's wife Tanya sadly passed away in the couple's home in Los Angeles in 2019.

After quitting Hollywood, Vinnie moved to West Sussex, where he owns a 400-year-old farm that spreads across 2,000 acres.

Vinnie bought the farmland back in 2022 and, since then, has immersed himself in country life by renovating the farm into a sustainable agribusiness - a process that's documented in the Discovery+ series, Vinnie Jones in the Country.