Brad Pitt lightly roasted his “Jesse James” co-star, Casey Affleck, from the stage of the Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles on Monday. He noted that their film, which struggled with critics and at the box office, was “playing now at a theater nowhere near you.”

Calling him “Cassie,” Pitt wryly noted Affleck’s “hits and misses” before presenting the young actor with the Breakthrough Actor of the Year award.

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Casey Affleck became the brunt of Brad Pitt’s practical jokes on the set of western The Assassination Of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – the movie hunk would tip cigar ash onto his co-star’s hat.

Pitt, who plays outlaw James in the film, set Affleck up for the movie’s most tense scenes by tapping burning ash onto the actor just before cameras rolled.

Affleck says, “Right before they say action, Brad will put ash on you or light your pants on fire or just slap you. That’s a good way to start the scene as far as he’s concerned. Brad’s a fun man. He’s really fun to work with.

“It’s strange how he can stay in character and do his thing, but also put ash in your hat right before they say action.”

“Gone, Baby, Gone.”

Meanwhile Affleck gives younger brother Casey some friendly direction on the Boston set. The drama is based on a crime novel by Dennis Lehane, who also wrote Mystic River.