Angelina Jolie is a huge star in dire need of a great acting career – will her new movie finally change that?
The IndependentWhere in the world is Angelina Jolie? Larraín has already enthused over Jolie’s “extraordinary preparation” for the role, which suggests she could quite easily join his most recent American leading ladies in securing Oscar nominations for their work with him. I really like people who can turn around to the camera when the director shouts ‘action’ and completely become that person and as soon as that scene is over, they can revert.” When Eaton’s wife and children came to visit him on set, Jolie always took time to talk to them. “Not all actors are like that, especially ones who are such big stars.” open image in gallery Jolie is directed by Michael Winterbottom on the set of ‘A Mighty Heart’ In the years since making the movie, Eaton has witnessed Jolie’s career from afar. Jolie became interested in the country’s history through her humanitarian work, and adopted her first son, Maddox, from an orphanage in Cambodia’s capital in 2002. open image in gallery Jolie at an event in 2017 for ‘First They Killed Her Father’ with the producer Rithy Panh and her children Maddox and Shiloh First They Killed My Father’s producer Rithy Panh tells me that Jolie had long wanted to adapt the film’s source material – by her friend Ung Loung, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime – but chose to wait until Maddox grew up.