Inglourious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino has revealed Brad Pitt offered him drugs during a recent trip to France.

Tarantino's revelation during an interview on US radio follows Pitt's claims that he had given up drugs for the sake of his children.

Speaking on the Howard Stern show, the director said the “coolest” thing about Pitt was when he offered him cannabis during a visit to the actor's home in France.

Tarantino claimed that when he asked Pitt if he could borrow a pipe to smoke the drug, the actor went to the fridge and grabbed a fizzy drinks can.

He then said Pitt asked him if he knew what to do with it, to which Tarantino replied: "Yeah, I know what to do with this."

Earlier this month, Pitt, who plays the lead in Inglourious Basterds, said he had given up drugs because of the effect they had on him.

“I liked to smoke a bit of grass at the time, and I became very sheltered,” he said.

“Then I got bored. I was turning into a damn doughnut, really. So I moved as far away from that as I could. I was done.”

Brad Pitt at Inglourious Basterds premiere