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Tue May 01, 2007 6:46 am  |
Many know that Angelina is playing MP's part in the movie about her husband the journalist Daniel Pearl's death when he was killed by terrorists in Pakistan.
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From Glamour:
Angelina Jolie and Mariane Pearl, whom Jolie plays in the upcoming film "A Mighty Heart" are like two peas on a pod. Glamour magazine sat down with the pair for a candid conversation about Jolie's most challenging role yet and how she and her children ended up befriending Pearl and her family along the way.
Mariane Pearl: "One day a few years ago, I was alone in New York with Adam, still having a rough time [after Danny's death]. I read an interview with Angie in a magazine, about her and Maddox and her life as a single mom. And I thought, this woman could be my friend.... I'd never experienced anything like that before in my life. It was something in her tone, in the answers that she gave. I felt also that Maddox and Adam [then both about three] could be good friends. So I sent her a note saying, do you want to have a playdate?"
Angelina Jolie: "And I, on the other side of it, had been aware of you through the time that everything went down. I remember being amazed by your courage and your grace...And when I got the note, I was thrilled. Later I realized that Mariane and I are the two worst people to plan a playdate in the history of playdates."
Glamour: Why?
Angelina: "Because she hates the phone as much as I do. So it almost didn't happen! But when it finally did, I remember being really nervous, thinking, she's such an intelligent European woman--what are we going to do together? So we went to this serious, European, existential play--it seemed like the right thing [and it was supposed to be OK for kids]. But Adam and Mad got antsy, and finally halfway through, to each other's relief, we were both like, do you want to get out of here? And we ran out and went back to Mariane's place..."
Mariane: "We cooked pasta; it was actually good. And then we started talking about changing the world..."
Angelina: "...and about all the things we were passionate about. Her instincts were right--we did have so much in common. And all the kids are great friends now. Zahara is madly in love with Adam."
Glamour: So Angelina, here you are, knowing Mariane, being friends with her--and then you take on this role. That must add a layer that doesn't usually exist for an actress.
Angelina: "Yeah, and it's horrible. I was so nervous! I mean, it's like you're in a roomful of your closest friends and somebody says, "Why don't you get up and imitate the friend to your left?" Nobody would want to do that, ever!....I had to express the worst time in her life and [in the scene where Mariane is told of Danny's death] the moment when she received the worst information of her life. It became the worst acting day of my life -- and really, the hardest thing I've ever done."
The film, starring Jolie and produced by Brad Pitt's production company, will debut at Cannes in May and is due in theaters in June.
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I thought Brad and Jennifer's production Company Plan B got the movie way back when they were together. I thought that is what it said in Jennifer's Vanity Fair interview when she said she would love to play the part.
But did they get it b/c Angie formed a bond with her and then it was possible to get rights to the story? OR just a cooincidence that she is friends with MP and Brad said "well that's interesting my company was going to make her story into a movie" Wouldn't that be something.
I just remember at some point that Jennifer said she really wanted that part and then we see that AG got it and some were bitter about that. (like you know it was JA production company when they got the story so JA should have been chosen first) But now that I know that Angie and MP were already friends, well then, noone else should play that part. |
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Tue May 01, 2007 7:42 am |
| Thank you for sharing this. |
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