Angelina Jolie stepped into the spotlight 30 years ago, and a scroll through her resume shows that she has been working nonstop ever since. That is, until 2021, when she has joined the Marvel universe with a role in the cast of Chloe Zhao Wei-director superhero movies Ageless. The collaboration between Oscar winners (Million for Nomadic Land In 2021, Jolie said Girl, bothered in 2000) is not a successBut that’s not why she had to put her business on hold for a long time (for her). Instead, she tell Hollywood Reporter that her family’s needs are more important than Hollywood’s.
She returned to the screen at the Venice Film Festival this week, walking the red carpet support of Mariamanager Pablo Larrainportrayal of iconic opera singer Maria Callas. Jolie was prepared for the public to blur the line between acting and acting. “I’m sure there’s a lot that’s going to be read into it about our overlap as women,” she said. “There’s a pressure behind the work that’s not just about the fun of the work.”
For those of us working in the shadows, it might seem strange to hear someone like Angelina Jolie make such a common-sense statement. But, according to the actress, “I became an artist at a young age just to help my mother pay the bills,” a decision that meant “I had times when I felt very, very far from the comfort of my profession.”
Perhaps the practicality of her career is why she’s been able to step away a bit. When asked why she’s “waited so long since the last time you acted or directed?”, the mother of six simply replied, “I need to be home more with my kids.”
It was hard not to wonder, at the time, whether a factor here was her protracted divorce battle with Brad Pittthe person she charged with assault in one The infamous family plane today 2016 trip. (Pitt has denied her statements.) Now turn to its eighth yearJolie remained silent when asked about the proceedings. In fact, she didn’t even answer the question: when the interviewer Rebecca Keegan Asked, “May I ask what the status of your divorce is?” Jolie calmly replied, “No.”
It’s a restrained response from someone who admits she doesn’t always feel restrained. “For better or worse, I’m a very deep person and a little bit excitable,” she says, traits that sometimes get her into trouble. “When we make decisions when we’re scared or under pressure, we end up going down a very different path. And that can be very damaging,” she says.
And now Jolie feels ready to get back into the game, as her children are now “a little older, more independent. I’m less needed and can go away for different periods of time.” Her eldest son Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt23 years old; her youngest children, twins Vivienne Marcheline Jolie And Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt is 16.
“This is a new season in our lives,” Jolie said of her children, some of whom have taken the necessary legal steps to change their last name to remove mention of their father. “I am very happy to see them becoming more independent.”
