Michael Fassbender

Brad Pitt was in his cowboy gear for another day on the set of The Counselor in London today. He was joined by costar Michael Fassbender, who looked hot in a suit. Despite wearing sunglasses, a black eye (made with makeup) was evident on Brad. Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender have been together for the last few days working on the Ridley Scott movie. Soon, they'll be joined by their leading ladies Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz. It seems Michael and Ridley hit it off after making Prometheus together. Ridley and Brad also have a filmmaking connection — Ridley directed Brad back in 1991's Thelma & Louise.

Brad Pitt got into character with a cowboy hat and facial hair for The Counselor in London this week. He started work yesterday on the Ridley Scott-directed film, which he'll apparently only shoot for a few days. The drama is based on a screenplay by author Cormac McCarthy and follows a lawyer as he gets into the drug business. Michael Fassbender joined Brad in front of the cameras today. Also reportedly lined up for the project are Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, and Javier Bardem.

Brad's on set in the UK, where he and Angelina Jolie have been staying as a family since Angelina began filming Maleficent in June. She's been in full costume and has had visits from her kids in between takes. Brad, meanwhile, traveled to Germany and also met up with pal George Clooney in the UK during his downtime.

Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron are almost too hot in the pages of August's W. The Prometheus costars chatted with the magazine's Lynn Hirschberg about their Ridley Scott action movie, and posed for the sexy shots with photographer Mario Sorrenti — check out all the pictures of Michael and Charlize together in the issue. Charlize and Michael spoke about their work, and when they first came across each other's movies. Michael also shared some insight as to the challenges he set for himself when he was out of work well before he hit it big. Here are highlights from Michael and Charlize in W:

• Charlize on sex vs. dying scenes: "It depends on who you're doing the sex scene with. I don't have issues being naked [pauses]. That sounds very slutty. . . . What I mean is, I'm not hung up on my body, and I've been lucky to work with people I've been really comfortable with."
• Michael on challenging himself: "When I was out of work as an actor, I would give myself little challenges, and diving was one of them. . . . when I was 23. I trained for a while and finally got the courage to go up the stairs to the high board. I was at the top, and I was standing there for ages, shivering. A kid who was 10 or 11 came over to me and said, 'The first time you jump off, you're going to get hurt a little bit, but it won't be as bad as you think.'. . . I took his advice, but I didn't fully commit. I hurt my leg."
• Charlize on her first Fassbender movie: "Hunger. A friend said, 'You have to see this movie. It's the best thing I've seen in my entire life.' I thought, Just chill out, okay? But I was absolutely blown away by it. It was, like, all bets are off from now on. This is the guy."

Fans gathered at London's Leicester Square today to try and get a peek of Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, and Guy Pearce at the world premiere of Prometheus. The trio were also joined on the blue carpet by the film's director, Ridley Scott. Charlize, dressed in Christian Dior, is back in the UK following a recent stint there promoting her other major release, tomorrow's Snow White and the Huntsman with costar Kristen Stewart. Michael's in London, his home base, after a weekend of partying at Monaco's Formula One Grand Prix, where he ran into X-Men: First Class costars Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult.

This is one of the first major Prometheus event for Charlize, Michael, and Guy. However, the movie's viral video campaign kicked off earlier this Spring. Michael's character, an android named David, gave fans a sneak peek at the alien sci-fi thriller. Next Friday, June 8, Charlize will battle herself at the box office when Prometheus opens against Snow White and the Huntsman. She's also going head-to-head against other A-list celebrities in the PopSugar 100 faceoff — have you voted yet?

Michael Fassbender's next movie Prometheus is on its way to theaters, and that means one thing — more Michael interviews! He's in the June issue of GQ, which hits newsstands on May 22, and struck a series of hot poses for photographer Mario Testino. Michael chatted about his Ridley Scott action movie, out on June 8, as well as his career. Michael opened up about being disappointed at missing out on an Oscar nomination for Shame, and even spoke about his costar in that film, and current girlfriend Nicole Beharie. Check out all the Michael pictures in GQ, and here are highlights from his interview:

• On all the attention about his nether regions after Shame came out: “It’s fun to a point, and after a certain point you worry that it kind of detracts from the movie. But there’s nothing I can do. I just have to laugh it off. I can. Pretty much. Because I take my work seriously but I can’t take myself too seriously. I’m in such a crazy privileged position — shit, this is the pinnacle of the dream when I was 17. Nobody wants to hear really how difficult it is."
• On being upset about not nabbing an Oscar nomination: "Ar the beginning people [say], ‘You’re going to be going to the Oscars,’ and you’re like, ‘Whatever, doesn’t matter, don’t think so.’ But after a while it does penetrate. After a while you’re like, ‘Anyway, so I’m going to the Oscars…’ And you start to believe it. And I did. I thought I was going. And then I found out I wasn’t and I was upset. I was very upset by it. The first reaction was ‘What the f-ck…?’ It’s a vanity thing. It does become important to you. And it shouldn’t."
• On dating Nicole Beharie: "I’m seeing Nicole, we’re trying to see each other as often as possible. That’s kind of difficult when she lives [in New York] and I live in England . . . Nothing happened while we were filming. We started talking more on the promotion thing. So, yeah, it just sort of unfolded like that.”