Christ alone knows why you'd would want Brad Pitt as a juror – after all, choosing to star in Meet Joe Black, Troy and Mr & Mrs Smith isn't exactly the best advert for sound judgement and level-headed decision making, is it?

But Brad Pitt is a juror now, so who are we to argue? It's been reported that Brad Pitt has finally been called for jury service after apparently dodging the duty several times in the recent past. It's unknown which court Brad Pitt is fulfilling his jury service in, or the nature of the crime he'll be sitting in on. One thing's for sure, though – you can guarantee that the courtroom is pleased it got Brad Pitt and not Angelina Jolie as a juror. Jury service is hard enough as it is, let alone when you've got a skinny actress constantly trying to adopt jurors number three, eight and twelve, the attorney for the prosecution and one slightly ethnic-looking courtroom clerk.

Brad Pitt is a civic-minded citizen who can feel the world's pain and wants to heal it however he can, either by rebuilding flood-damaged cities, throwing giant wads of cash at problem areas or by refusing to get married until all gay people get married first. These conscientious attributes have helped make Brad Pitt the great American he is today, and that even extends to becoming a proud juror in a criminal trial – but only so long as the courtroom has to threaten Brad Pitt with punishment because he's been putting it off for so very long.

Nobody quite knows the exact details of Brad Pitt's jury service yet, but it's been reported that Brad Pitt has finally succumbed to the lure of sitting on uncomfortable chairs listening to the dryly intricate details of a – probably – minor case before having to try and form an opinion about it after getting so many jury service extensions that the court apparently lost its rag with him. However, Access Hollywood reports otherwise:

The “Ocean’s Thirteen” star was called for jury duty in Los Angeles on Thursday, his publicist confirmed to “Access Hollywood.” While online reports indicated that Pitt was required to attend jury duty or face consequences, following several extensions, according to the actor’s representative that was not the case. “There was no ultimatum from the court. He obtained all his extensions by the book. He called in just like everyone else did and had to serve today,” Pitt’s representative said in a statement to “Access.”

Still, we're sure that Brad Pitt will quickly learn that there's more to being on a jury than meets the eye – once the trial is over Brad Pitt will be able to do as Michael Jackson's jury did and write a tell-all book on the case, possibly entitled Brad Pitt's Thrilling Adventures In The World Of Petty Shoplifting Starring Brad Pitt or Brad Pitt: How Brad Pitt Totally Thought That Mugger Was Guilty Before Briefly Changing His Mind Then Changing It Back And Sending Him To Jail.

And, being the conscientious millionaire that he is, Brad Pitt will probably get some valuable insight into the machinations of the US justice system during his jury service and then use his star power to make things fairer. Which is why we can expect at least one of these by Christmas: 1) Brad Pitt starting a charity for famous people forced to sit next to civilians on jury service, b) a subplot in his next film about the plight of famous people forced to sit next civilians on jury service or c) an all-star Live Earth-style concert raising awareness of the fact that Brad Pitt was offered orange juice made from concentrate during his jury service when everyone knows that Brad Pitt only drinks freshly squeezed. 

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Brad Pitt Reports For Jury Duty – Access Hollywood