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| | Angelina Jolie: 'You just get so broken and then you stand back up' | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Angelina Jolie?s fire-and-mayhem movie, Those Who Wish Me Dead, comes out in theaters and HBO Max on May 14. I keep hoping that Jolie will have done some major magazine interview to promote the movie, her first on-camera starring role since Maleficent: Mistress of Evil in 2019. (I guess she was on camera for Come Away last year, but no one saw that movie and I think her role was more supporting than lead.) While Angelina seems proud of this movie, she?s also being honest about why she?s taking more straight-up acting jobs these days: because she wants shorter jobs and she likely needs the money. But, as Jolie explains to Entertainment Tonight, she?s not just taking any old acting gig. She has to be drawn to the characters, and the characters have to be broken.
Those Who Wish Me Dead marks Angelina Jolies return to true onscreen action in more than a decade. But for the actress, the human side of the movie is what drew her to the project, as she reveals in an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the thriller.
I am drawn to people who have been through something and are broken and then find their way forward and overcome it, Jolie says on set. As an artist, its very healing to play people like that. Shes been very healing for me, because you just get so broken and then you stand back up.
In Those Who Wish Me Dead, which hails from writer-director Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone), she plays Hannah Faber, a smoke jumper grappling with PTSD after experiencing a tragedy on the job that she personally holds herself responsible for. Shes a very broken person who carries a great deal of guilt, Jolie says.
When Hannah comes across a hapless 12-year-old boy (Finn Little) after hes unwittingly witnessed a murder, she takes it upon herself to protect him from the pursuing hitmen and the fire that soon rages around them. Jolie trained four days a week for the role and did many of her own stunts on set, as well as learning the skills required of a real-life fire jumper.
On its surface, it feels like a great thriller, a great adventure across an unusual terrain inside a great fire, she explains. Underneath it, its a really emotional film. Its about people who have a great impact on each other and change each other. Emotionally and practically, they go through the fire.
[From ET]
Yeah, she?s partly just embiggening a somewhat straight-forward action-adventure-thriller movie with lots of action sequences and pyrotechnics. But I buy that even with action movies, Angelina is looking to connect with her character, and those connections are being forged through her own traumas and guilt and pain. Brad really put her through some sh-t and it feels like it?s taken her this long, nearly five years, to really figure out who she is post-Pitt, following all of that toxicity and abuse.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | George & Amal Clooney 'are very solid right now' but things didn't always run 'smoothly' | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For a while now, I?ve thought that George and Amal Clooney are fine, that they weathered the pandemic pretty well in LA, and that they?re in it for the long-haul. But Us Weekly has a story about just that George and Amal being stronger than ever and now I?m like ?well, maybe not??? It?s that tabloid reverse psychology trying to convince everyone that a couple is perfectly fine often makes people question if the opposite is true. For what it?s worth, I think this is less about telegraphing any issues with the Clooney marriage and more about reminding people that George is about to turn 60 years old. Some highlights from this Us Weekly story:
George & Amal are fine: George Clooney feels ?happy and blessed? in his marriage to Amal Clooney ahead of his 60th birthday in May, a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. ?He doubted for so long that he?d get to meet that soulmate he always dreamed of ? but when Amal came along, everything changed,? the insider adds of the couple, who tied the knot in September 2014. ?It?s no exaggeration to say she swept him off his feet.?
George thinks he hit the jackpot: The Oscar winner ?considers Amal extraordinary,? the source says, and ?tells anyone who?ll listen how he?s the one who hit the jackpot here, not her.?
What is this?? Things haven?t always run smoothly for the pair, who put ?constant effort? into their relationship. ?Like any marriage, they?ve had their challenges and needed to adapt to certain situations and challenges,? the source tells Us. ?It?s taken compromise, establishing boundaries and a lot of patience to keep the relationship on track but they?ve done just that.?
Spending so much time in LA: While the couple frequently jet off to their home in Lake Como, Italy, they?ve spent more time stateside amid the coronavirus pandemic. ?[Being in Los Angeles] gave them the chance to hit the refresh button, spend time together as a family unit and play family without interruption. George and Amal are very solid right now.?
Childcare: They ?are pretty even about how they divide up the parenting responsibilities,? and have found a balance with their busy work lives. When he?s not on set, George is always ?doting on the twins? and enjoying his role ?as a regular family guy more than anything. He?s very devoted and loving. [He?s] always thinking of gestures to make them feel appreciated and reminding them that their mom?s the boss.?
Another kid? When it comes to expanding their family, the twosome are on the fence. Though the Descendants star is ?not totally close-minded about one more kid,? welcoming another child seems ?unlikely? ? but not impossible. ?He?s happy with what he?s got and so is Amal,? the source says. ?But it?s a ?never say never? situation, basically.?
[From Us Weekly]
Amal said quite clearly that the twins were enough for her, and she was pretty matter-of-fact about it, I remember her Vogue profile. As for the rough patch they apparently had? where? When? I think George has always given Amal what she wants, and I?m not saying that as some huge negative thing. She wanted a place in the posh English countryside, so he bought a place for her and the kids. She wanted to social-climb in British society so he facilitated that for her. The one thing that surprises me is that George really does seem like an involved father. I think that surprised Amal too she went into the marriage thinking that she?d have a baby or two and that she?d probably be doing it alone, only to be shocked to find out that George loves being a dad. Anyway, are they okay? I thought they were but now I don?t know.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid.
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