Angelina Jolie
Taylor Hill/WireImage/Getty ImagesAngelina JolieHer sons saw a whole new side of her while working as production assistants on her new film, Maria.
“They've seen me go through a lot of things, but they haven't experienced me express a lot of pain that a parent usually hides from a child,” Jolie, 49, said. BBC News Maddox, 23, and Pax, 21, in an interview published on Wednesday, December 18. “
Julie portrays a famous opera singer Maria Callas In the biopic, which was released in select theaters on November 27 and is now streaming on Netflix. Callas, who died at age 53 in 1977, faced her share of conflicts and scandals over the course of her career, including vision problems, a declining voice, and a highly publicized affair with a shipping magnate. Aristotle Onassis.
Julie who Controversial separation from ex-husband Brad Pitt She came into the public eye, and she explained how she connected with Callas during a press conference in August to promote the film.
Angelina Jolie doesn't think her children with ex-husband Brad Pitt will follow in mum and dad's acting footsteps. Jolie, 49, told E! “No, I think they are particularly shy, very private people.” News at the premiere of her new film Maria AFI on Saturday, October 26, “And They Want to Be Special.” Oscar winner (…)
“Well, there's a lot I won't say in this room that you probably know or assume,” the actress said. “I think the way I dealt with it might have been a surprise — (maybe) that part of her was very soft and didn't have the space in the world to be as soft as she really was, and as emotionally open as she was.” It really was. “I share her weakness more than anything else.”
Angelina Jolie with Maddox Jolie-Pitt and Pax Pitt.
Patricia Schlein/Star Max/GC Images/Getty ImagesJolie told BBC News that allowing her children to see these vulnerabilities allowed her to connect and be honest with her children “in a greater way.”
In addition to Maddox and Pax, Jolie shares Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16, with Pitt, 61. Jolie has collaborated with her children before; Maddox and Pax have worked in a number of her films, including… BloodlessVivian worked as an assistant producer on the Broadway musical StrangersWhich Jolie co-produced.
Angelina Jolie and three of her children lit up the New York Film Festival red carpet over the weekend. Jolie, 49, was joined by her children, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, and Maddox, 23, as she attended the premiere of her film Mariah at the festival on Sunday, September 29. )
Maria exit Pablo Larrain He told BBC News that Pax and Maddox were “very busy” and “good professionals” on set. Jolie shared that Pax recorded some of her vocal training sessions Mariahearing “her terrible early days”. She trained for approximately seven months to sing for the film, which features Jolie's voice mixed with Callas' original recordings.
“(I'm) actually very shy about singing,” Jolie admitted. “This was probably one area of my life that I was hesitant about.”
The Oscar winner noted that she is happy that her children witnessed her struggle with something outside of her comfort zone.
“It's always good for your kids to see your mom not doing anything easily, but swearing and fighting and failing and having to try again,” she said. “One of the greatest privileges of being an actor is that you are often supported by a crew to try something and explore something you haven't done before, and this was definitely the most challenging.”
Maria It's now streaming on Netflix.
