We are in a Golden Age of Angelina Jolie editorials, let me tell you. While I didn’t care for Angelina’s Vanity Fair profile, the Mario Testino photos were gorgeous. Then the Variety shoot yesterday was stunning. And now this DuJour Magazine editorial might be the best photoshoot yet!! Go here to see the full slideshow – it’s Angelina solo, and then Angelina posing with Jack O’Connell, the actor playing Louis Zamperini. Jack is super-handsome in these photos too. Ten, fifteen years ago… Angelina and Jack would have been a couple. They would have been torrid and bad and sexy and it would have been amazing to watch. But now they are just friends and coworkers. As for the profile… it’s another great piece. Go here to read. Some highlights:
Jolie on looking for projects & finding Unbroken: “I was looking for something to do and studying what was out there as a director. Directing is very different from acting because it takes more than two years of your life, so it has to matter—really matter—in a different way. Every time you visit a studio, they give you the projects” that have been in limbo, she says, “and I saw these four sentences on Unbroken. I went home and I said to Brad, ‘I’m really curious about this film—it’s a triumph of the human spirit finding faith and forgiveness, and this man’s life seems so interesting.’ And Brad said, ‘Oh, honey, that project has been around forever.’ ”
Fighting for Louis’s story: “I fought for it for months and it became less about wanting to do a film and more that I wanted to be close to be somebody like Louie. I felt I needed to go on that journey, that it would make me a better person if I could. I was begging not only to be the director—I was begging to have the opportunity to spend two years of my life focused on Louie Zamperini.”
Jolie on wanting to mother the actors: “All the boys had to starve—even the extras—and we’d have days when there were 200 young men just standing in the heat. The mother in me wanted to stop and put everyone under a tent and give them water and just call it a day. The other side of me had to do my job and push it forward.”
Making Unbroken for her sons: “In the back of my mind, I wanted to make a film that would help my boys become better men. They know Louie’s story, so I’m able to say to them that it’s not bad to be full of fire—it’s what you choose to do with that fire.”
Her future as an actress: “I’ve never been comfortable as an actor; I’ve never loved being in front of the camera. I didn’t ever think I could direct, but I hope I’m able to have a career at it because I’m much happier.” Is the plan to give up acting entirely? She smiles. “Absolutely.”
Working on ‘By the Sea’: “The tricky thing is directing myself and directing Brad. It’s hard, dramatic material, and we’re balancing. It’s a heavy film, and it’s not easy for us. But even as you struggle through it, you’re in the trenches together and you don’t expect it to be easy. We’re challenging each other and that’s a really good thing.”
Married life: “I think when it’s right, it feels the exact same [as before].”
There are lots of quotes from Jack too, I just wanted to focus the excerpts on Angelina. Jack talks about how “very f—king brutal” it was to lose weight and shoot the POW scenes and the athletic scenes. He also talked about learning that one of his friends had been diagnosed with cancer and really needing to be around friends and family just before the shoot, and Angelina got a helicopter and organized a big group of people to come out for Jack, and how much all of that meant to him. It’s a good read, but they repeat some stuff from the Variety piece yesterday. What I like is that Jack doesn’t seem to be playing the “too cool for all of this” game. He seems to genuinely want to go out of his way to support this film. It’s nice.
Photos courtesy of DuJour.
Wow, Cook from Skins got fine as hell.
I know! I’m going to re-watch his seasons. He was amazing.
He was always fine as hell 😉 One of my main teenage crushes!
Freddie was more my speed when I was younger, but you all just gave me an excuse to rewatch his seasons.
Freddie and Cook were the true love story of that season. Awe, Freddie, sniff.
Seriously!!! I cannot believe it’s the same guy. Sexy. Also, I thought I was the only one who watched Skins. Yay for Skins fans!
And why can’t we have more pics of Angelina and less pics of Kardashian?
Not that I’m trying to compare the two, but we were talking about sexual complexity on another post and I think Angelina has that ethereal, complicated sexiness. Kardashian has that “look at me I’m sexy” cardboard cutout sexiness. She has the look but no substance to back it up.
More Angelina photos please!
LOVED Skins, though Effy was my favorite.
Effy was the bomb!
No?
Well the camera bloody loves you, duckie!
Has anyone seen the clip of her attempting a Derby accent on stage next to Jack? It’s such a funny effort, bless her.
Ay up me duck
🙂
What I always found the most interesting about her film career is that she never seemed to go for the absolute ‘best’ projects–she went with the way that her personal life was going. She seems to be one of those people that kind of lost herself into her projects.
Like when she started out, she did heavy projects, that involved ‘lost’ young women who were hurt (Girl Interrupted, Hell’s Kitchen, Mojave Moon,etc), then when she started to grow up, to change, and to get involved in charity work,etc she did the Tomb Raider movies, Beyond Borders, and after she had Maddox she did Shark Tale, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (kids movies), Alexander (in which she, at its core, played a mother trying to protect her son), and then she did Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Good Shepherd, A Mighty Heart (again, a soon to be mother going through one of the worst times of her life), Changeling (a mother fighting for her son), Wanted (after her mother died, I remember reading that she said she wanted to be ‘hard’), Salt, The Tourist (which she said she wanted to do a cute little movie that wouldn’t take too long, before Brad had to start on his own movie), and so on…….
But I’m really interested in how her film career’s going to turn out. Donna Langley (of Universal Studios) said that they hired her based on the strength of her first film (she said that she’d been in London during that conflict, and that it was the most concise film she’d come across about it), and that they were really excited about Unbroken. Plus they bought By The Sea. Although I’m worried By The Sea will be ‘weird’…she seems very self conscious about it, nervous. Maybe because it’s her and Brad…..
I have a feeling unbroken will come out well. For universal to buy her next film By the Sea… That to Me says something. It means they are confident and satisfied with what she has done with unbroken.
i have a feeling like Andrea1 said. maybe they’re suitably impressed with the result, that they want to pay upfront for By the Sea just in case the buying price rises on the heels of Unbroken. you want to buy it when it’s affordable, and not when it becomes hot commodity.
but then again, the studio sometimes only think of the bottom line, and maybe Brangelina on celluloid together trumps everything. like even if Unbroken fails to impress both critics and box office people will still turn up to see Mr & Mrs Smith: the Sequel.
@Andrea1
Agree. She finished filming Unbroken early this year (January/February, I believe), and Universal bought the rights to distribute By The Sea earlier this summer (I think is when we first heard about it)–so I figured that they liked what they saw. Especially since I’m not convinced that By the Sea will be very commercial, with the way Angelina first described it–as ‘experimental’…..
@lowercase deb
According to Deadline, every studio was after the script, but Universal ‘won’.
http://deadline.com/2014/07/universal-buys-angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-pic-deadline-broke-in-may-806385/
Also, not to discount your opinion, but I don’t think By The Sea will be very commercial (I don’t think dramas make that much money, as a rule), so I’d think that they wouldn’t even bother buying it, if they didn’t think it, or Unbroken would do very well. They’re banking on her name, and her talent.
@VG: actually I have noticed that all of the characters Angelina has played – are all about a woman’s strength. She has played women being compassionate, bullied, physically strong but they always had this inner strength.
She has never played a character where she has to be saved by the hero ( except the Tourist).
@Virgilia, thanks for the deadline article.
i’ve always thought that there’s only Universal. (like you know Donna Langley had an inside track and just made Angelina vow not to sell to anyone).
wow. so many studios jockeying for it. i had no idea.
and about the experimental thing, i guess i’m always living in denial 😀
i’ve always imagined it to be like The Tourist, only this time in Malta. gorgeous gowns, gorgeous sights. 😀
#teamdenial
The camera loves her and she loves the camera. My eyes rolled so hard at her denial. She’s really hustling for that big O.
THANK you! Why do actresses pretend that it is such a hardship to be on film? The whole “I’m so shy and insecure” shtick gets old. TRULY insecure women would not subject themselves to the scrutiny that goes along with being famous.
I agree, I found that to be disingenuous. I understand that she is giving a career as a director her all and I like that, but… come on. She wouldn’t be starring in a movie she’s directing if she didn’t love the camera back.
Actually rampant insecurity drives many people who pursue a career in show business. Their need for acceptance and approval is so great, that they strive to win it from a mass audience. It’s not enough that family and close friends offer love and approval – they need it from everyone, sometimes to the point of neurosis. I don’t that AJ was claiming acting in front of the camera to be a hardship – she simply prefers being behind the camera, and therefor exerting more control over her projects. Of course she has to come off humble and self deprecating – anyone with an ounce of self awareness who was asked those questions would do the same.
@Cidee actually, I think the opposite. I think most women are self-conscious in front of the camera. Don’t think so? Then why do so few of them do movies with bare faces, unflattering clothes, and harsh lighting? It separates real actors with starlets.
Next time you’re watching a movie, in a scene where there’s a conversation between a man and a woman, check out how the light falls on her close up vs. on his. Not self-conscious = same light, same camera push. Self-conscious = vastly different light, maybe even different (softer) lens, different angles of light and camera placement. I see this all the time, so I really don’t know what you’re talking about that there are no self-conscious women on screen. Even among the super famous and super high paid.
She said it herself in the past that she worked hard on her career BUT that it didn’t make her really happy when she was finally financially stable with a good career (when talking about her UN work). This is a woman that prides herself into doing what she wants, to be free but in the last years I noticed she seems to distance herself from that notion by claiming she did it mainly for her mother or now that she loves directing more. Like, there are enough quotes from her, about her that explicitly say she likes to do things her way. She likes to be in control. I’m not sure what to think tbh.
No doubt the camera loves her, but if she says she doesn’t love it (she didn’t say she hated it ffs), why disbelieve her?
Angelina took almost 4 years off – she turns down coveted film roles – everything from Silver Linings Playbook to Gravity…if she really was a camera hog she’d be making more movies and doing less directing. Why do people ignore reality just to snark and infer she’s not being honest? Her actual life tells you that it’s true – hello?
Angelina comes across as an honest and authentic person – i believe she’s probably telling the truth. Even if i were cynical and didn’t believe her like you – i would just look at her life and say..oh yeah she could be working all the time and she’s not.
She’s already said her mom pushed her to be an actress, and that it was her dream for her.
I can’t stop staring at her face. So damn beautiful! Wow!!!
Crazily beautiful
I agree. She is absolutely mesmerizing in these pics and others that have been taken recently. She truly has a stunning face.
She is stunning. Such a beautiful woman.
Mesmerizing.
I know I’m mesmerized too. My goodness she is flawless.
I think I am in love with her.
Yep. Her inner beauty as well as that almost otherworldly outer beauty has made me a fan for life!
I love that full face shot.. mainly because it shows the people constantly talking about her “nose job’ that it is the same nose.. angles and lighting..
She looks great..and I am so enjoying reading all of these new interviews. She does a great job articulating what she wants to say. She has talked a lot about the fact that she has come to the realization that Acting was not her thing. That she did it more because her mother wanted it for her. How many people can say the same. I think she really loves directing. And that is where her passion lies now.
so happy for her to find that and that she is pursuing it.
@lisa2 I agree with you
And about the nose job, that Mario Testino BTS picture clearly shows Angie didn’t get a nose job. Its the same old nose from way back.
Acting’s not her thing because she’s not good at it.
well, I wouldn’t go that far…but you are certainly entitled to your opinion.
I think she was “better” when she first started out. I thought she was great in her Oscar-winning role in Girl, Interrupted and a few of her other early movies, but at this point in time, she’s become “too famous” for me to see anyone other than HER in the role. as in, I see her on screen and I say “oh, it’s Jolie acting”, and I don’t see the character. this is not a slur against her talents, but more a statement of how the world has changed…when you know “too much” about an actor, it ruins (for ME, anyway) their ability to BE the character rather than just PLAY the character.
But, TBH, I wasn’t ever a HUGE fan of hers in the acting sense…more for her humanitarian work.
doofus, you have summed up my feelings about Jolie as an actress perfectly. I am excited to see Unbroken, though. I think Ben Affleck is a better director than actor, maybe that will become Angelina’s new niche.
Yeah that’s why she has won every single acting award that exists because you know – she doesn’t have any talent.
@Peppa
I think/hope so too. I’ve never thought Angelina was the world’s best actress, but I think she is very talented, and I love her acting because she always completely inhabits her role, and elevates her character, to me at least. The movie could be shitty (ALEXANDER–everyone was horrible), but she’s always amazing. When I first watched Alexander, I gave up an hour in, and just fast forwarded through to all her scenes. That’s what I look for in my favorite actors. And stuff like knowing too much about them never bothers me–I don’t know why, but it doesn’t affect my like or dislike of their acting.
She definitely had talent in her earlier years. I still remember watching GIa for the first time. I was blown away.
And then she grew into some weird blow up doll caricature of a “strong woman” rather than working her grind and growing that talent. Salt, with its dumb-dumb plot, with a 100 pound woman performing incredible fits of strength and endurance. Lara Croft, and the constant scenes designed to titillate the male audience, starting from that ludicrous first scene where she climbs out of the water in a wet suit, grinning naughtily at the camera.
Maleficient is the film that makes most angry. Have you ever seen such fantastic premise so horribly squandered? I havent. Angelina was its only saving grace in my opinion, but even that was no where near the sort of performance she ought to be delivering given her inate talent. It was an average performance that stood out given how mediocre everyone and everything else was. It didnt blow me away. I didnt itch to watch the film again like often do with great perfomance. In fact, I havent felt that way about her work since before Pushing Tin …which was of course more of that over sexed boys-come-get-me crap.
I would hope that if she does go back to acting, she sticks with smaller, grind out roles. Indies, out of the way stuff that challenge her to grow. Not this simplistic crap shes been churning out for years.
+1, doofus.
I find her to be a very mediocre actress myself. I love me some Angie but I’ve never been a fan of her acting.
Really doofus? Just curious – what do u see when tabloid fixture aniston is onscreen (that you’re protecting over in the other thread from criticism)? Deep complex characterizations with added hair twirling?
how am I “protecting” her, exactly? in which post did I do that?
Skinnyfathunam, she’s WON every legit reputable esteemed acting award in existence, including Oscar which she’s been nom’d for twice – the most respected film critic in the industry, the late Pauline Kael likened her to Brando. Brando. I’d say she should be glad mean jealous catty women are not running her industry.
She clearly HAS had a nose job.
http://www.talentmanagement.com/assets/wp-uploads/2013/04/Screen-Shot-2013-04-30-at-11.41.38-245×300.png
It’s also quite visible from a side view that the “tilt” at the end of her nose is not the same as it was when she was younger. I’ll also add that she clearly gets fillers in her upper lip, the top and bottom lips are far more “balanced” size-wise compared to when she was younger. Not that it’s any big deal that she does, but I don’t get the seeming fixation that pops up from time to time on “no she didn’t”. It’s quite obvious that she did and whoever did it is very very good.
Well the camera certainly LOVES HER.
She’s So stunningly beautiful. No one looks like Angelina.
One of the greatest beauties in Hollywood history.
Imo
And I agree with you!
Hollywood and even compared to the women of Cinecitta (her *real* competition), which is really saying something.
I think the Cinecitta actresses, along with some of the French New Wave actresses, were in AJ’s mind when she wrote the part for her self in By the Sea (I’m just going off of the pics we’ve seen so far, and descriptions of the setting and basic plot). I think AJ knows that she can play that European woman type well, beautiful and damaged and haunted and mysterious and enthralling and heartbroken all at once. I love that era of women’s parts and I look forward to AJ doing a new spin on that type of character. She can certainly embody that type physically.
100% agree, Dee Kay.
I agree. Utterly gorgeous woman.
Interestingly Francis Lawrence was attached to direct this but had to drop out due to Hunger Games movies and Angelina got the gig.
My goodness, that face. What a beauty she is. I’m not one of the loonies, but she seems to have grown from a very troubled young girl into a lovely, kind woman.
I agree with you. Nicely stated :).
I will keep saying it and never get tired of saying it that face is in a league of its own. Her bone structure is crazy!
It was super nice what she did for Jack.
Something superficial: Her eyebrow game gets Most Improved category as of late.
Omg she looks so so so beautiful here.
I love her so much.
I mean that in the sweetest, non-crazy way, though of course I sign myself and am
#1 Brangeloonie,
Frida_K
I’ll be the crazy one and say I want to wear her face. 😀
Yay!! I was hoping you’d cover this one. I love these pictures, especially that shot of just her face. I wish she could use this photographer for every magazine shoot!
It isn’t about the movie, it’s all about HER directing the movie. Everything is always all about her. She’s polarizing and her constant in your face will hurt this movie. Judging from the comments, I’m really beginning to believe it’s all about how pretty her “fans” think she is since that’s what the majority of comments start with.
I heard the movie is pretty good tho.
I guess some people are just going to criticize her no matter what she does. It’s so strange to me how much negative energy people spend on disliking a woman who has done so much for other people. I’m not criticizing you personally, just reacting to your comment that she is polarizing, which is certainly true. You have a right to loathe her, I just don’t get what’s so bad about her.
Completely agree. While all’s fair in love and gossip, it’s very hard for me to understand how people would dislike her, that’s all.
To me, she seems like a really wonderful woman who just happens to be breathtakingly gorgeous.
Yes she’s beautiful, but I love her intelligence even more. When she talks in an interview it shines through.
I think she should use whatever she’s got to sell this movie. She is at a distinct disadvantage being a female and an untested director. And this is what people want from her. They are interested in her and the interest will carry over into the movie. And it was a major passion project and she cares deeply about the subject. And she is also helping sell Jack O because he wouldn’t drum up the attention on his own, not yet.
And as for her looks, she’s beautiful and people will always comment on that. But she is a whole lot more, and proves it every time.
THIS. All of this.
You are on fire today Amcn! Another great comment.
First off–Of course it’s all about her. She’s the star of the entire thing–the most recognizable person on the entire project. Very few people know about Jack O’Connell (I’d never heard of him), the other actors weren’t very big either (Garrett Hedlund, Domhall Gleeson). None of them are stars–SHE is. And yeah–she’s a beautiful woman. This is a gossip site. If people just want to leave a short comment stating how beautiful she is, and then go about their day–I don’t see how it’s a reflection on her, or the movie. Sometimes people don’t have time to comment adequately.
Second–no one i.e. the general public has seen this movie. There are no reviews out on the movie yet. So no, no one’s REALLY going to be talking about the movie. Obviously there will be some discussion about the quotes, but no one’s going to be talking about the movie quite yet. And I had the feeling, based on other (Jennifer Aniston/Cake Oscar Buzz posts) that praising/bashing a film that isn’t out yet was frowned upon. So what? Are we supposed to say the movie sucks/is amazing?
Third–it’s all about her (in a bad way). I can guarantee you, that if this movie turns out bad for whatever reason, it’s going to be on ANGELINA. Not the Oscar winning cinematographer, the Oscar winners who rewrote the script, or the actors. It’s on her. Her. If this movie gets bad reviews for any reason, I can guarantee that Celebitchy will be lighting up with comments….. She will be criticized in a way that male directors directing their SECOND film will not be.
I like that she’s all upfront about it. I hope that she does well with this movie–critically and commercially-not just because I’m a fan, but because Hollywood needs to hire more female directors/writers/etc. And when they see other women supporting a woman, then they’ll hire more women.
” If this movie gets bad reviews for any reason, I can guarantee that Celebitchy will be lighting up with comments….. She will be criticized in a way that male directors directing their SECOND film will not be”.
I totally agree with you VC. Even the critics can’t wait to see what Angie has done with Unbroken… They can’t wait to pen down what they feel about the movie.
“I think Lainey touched upon the same thing yesterday in her coverage of the Variety piece. to sell Unbroken, sometimes all Angelina has to do is turn up. and the only thing the industry cares is that she’s helming it. the film is secondary. it’s really about her and her projects. that’s why Lainey cautioned that if it doesn’t do so well, it will be ALL on her. and they will gleefully fall on her like a ton of bricks. “they will show no mercy” Lainey wrote”.
@Lower case Deb
I read what lainey wrote yesterday… Yes its all on Angie and like she said they will show no mercy.
@Virgilia Coriolanus …
Well said, and I agree. The sad thing is that Angie won’t get the credit (from the ones gleefully waiting for her to fail) if “Unbroken” is a success and well received. They’ll say she was only the Director and it was the talent of the Actors, Cinematographer, Editor, etc. who did the actual work and deserves the credit. For instance, if “Maleficent” had flopped we would have seen comments crowing that the failed film was all Angelina Jolie’s fault ad nauseam. But since the film is a huge success the talking point is “Big woo, it’s a Disney film and they always do well, she didn’t have anything to do with the film’s success.”
Stay Pressed,Boo Boo
If you want to read about the actors in Unbroken google their interviews.They were interviewed in Variety, Vanity Fair,Entertainment Weekly,etc
I am seeing the film because of Angie’s involvement in the project.
i hope the movie is good. The story deserves it.
Sadly i too think all the focus on Angelina hurts this movie. She as the director is in centre of every photo and the media makes it all about her. The actors and the storyline are pushed beside. The promotion is too director(Angie)-packed. IMO the promo team has the wrong focus.
In the end the ordinary cinema goer has never heard more of the movie than the title, because it is all about Angie looking pretty in magazines and being everywhere lately. Her fame should help the movie and not overshadow it.
i think Lainey touched upon the same thing yesterday in her coverage of the Variety piece. to sell Unbroken, sometimes all Angelina has to do is turn up. and the only thing the industry cares is that she’s helming it. the film is secondary. it’s really about her and her projects. that’s why Lainey cautioned that if it doesn’t do so well, it will be ALL on her. and they will gleefully fall on her like a ton of bricks. “they will show no mercy” Lainey wrote.
i think they say the same thing about Maleficent. especially how they seem to emphasize how she wants this and that and the other to be perfect and according to her specs, and that even Don Hahn has to really hold her back on certain things. i think Lainey said the same thing back then too. if Maleficent fell, then it will all fall on her. with Maleficent at least, we all know how it turns out.
so, in a way, i’m sure that Angelina knows what’s at stake here. and she still puts herself out there. i think it’s a gutsy move nonetheless. so i really don’t mind if she uses whatever she has in her personal and professional arsenal to promote the crap out of Unbroken. because it will all fall on her regardless anyway. so better go all out, right?
in the meanwhile, i saw the Canadian Unbroken TV spot. holy crabby patties! Miyavi looked suitably psycho.
I agree with all of that, but the movie can’t sell itself on the star–because no one in America really knows who he is. I’d never heard of him until he was cast. And even then, he’s famous for a tv show. She wouldn’t have had this ‘problem’, if she’d hired more famous actors–but I think that she knew that with her name, the movie would get all of the attention it needed, and that allowed her to hire whoever she wanted, talent wise.
But I like that she’s taking a risk. She probably could’ve continued acting for another ten years, before having to move into something else (if she wanted to do more than smaller roles/playing someone’s mother for the most part). And I think (hope) that she’s leading the charge for film studios to hire more women. It’s more than her career that’s at stake. Studios come up with bullshit reasons ALL THE TIME to not hire/make more movies focused on minorities or women. If she’s successful, then they’ll take more risks. Someone has to.
I think she will have a good boxoffice and make bank and get at least decent reviews. What is going to be tough and hopefully not impossible to overcome is the pre-hype (before the movie is even finished!!) about oscar, oscar, oscar!! So even if she makes a good movie that does well it’s not enough. She has now got to make an oscar contender and be in the league of best directors on her second effort. That is a lot to accomplish and if it doesn’t happen she will be torn apart.
She made a good movie that made money but didn’t get all the nominations? Then she still failed. That is how this has been set up. And I think that is how this will be reviewed. Not reviewed on the movie’s merits alone but it’s viability for awards and if it lives up to its own hype.
@Lower-case-Deb …
Sorry! I didn’t scroll down (once again) before posting. I obviously agree with you. 🙂
LOL @ the defensive replies you got.
I know, I’m totally laughing too. I was just making a double entendre, I need to graduate from one liners to paragraphs obviously. 😉
Skinnyfathunnam: I have seen this same comment, #13 you posted on another site today. Why do you spend so much time going around the Internet trolling and posting negative comment about Angelina? I have seen the Unbroken trailer in the theatre and it looks very, very good. I’m a fan of Angelina and will be going out Christmas weekend supporting her and this movie. Also, Angelina is looking so unbelievable beautiful in all of her photo shoots, job well done.
This set of pictures is particularly stunning, which is why people are caught up in that, myself included.
I’m actually not a huge fan, but I do think people like her for much more than her look. When she first started doing charity work and calling out atrocities against women and minorities, everyone thought it was a gimmick. Given her lasting body of work, I find it interesting that people are still so critical. She’s done real work in the area. She’s dedicated and consistent and uses her fame (and yes, I think her beauty), so raise awareness about a lot of issues that need attention. I can’t hate on her for that, and she’s been doing some interesting movies lately.
and she doesn’t just throw money at a cause, she gets involved directly. also admirable.
(to be clear, I’m not going to shade any celeb that donates to a worthy cause, I just meant that she’s one that does MORE than that.)
Well, she won the genetic lottery-very true. Faces like that are so rare, it is hard to not be in awe. As for her talent-I cried for an hour after I watched “Gia”. She blew me away. And Girl Interrupted, too. There have been the crappy ones, too–The Tourist (dear god was ANYONE thinking?!) but most actors make some crap. I am excited to see how she does as a director. I for one hope that this film does justice to Mr. Zamperini, his family, and AJ.
That’s not true. She never campaigns. And people praise her work, not her looks. Seriously? Have you read the comments everywhere by Aniston fans? Their comments almost always say “beautiful as always”. They only like her because they can relate to her plain looks. Because she is not a threat to them. And probably also because they are man-stealers like Aniston is.
I’m getting deja vu from these comments from the same name from another site.
She’s polarizing? Riiiight. That’s why Maleficent made over 750 million at the box office and broke records….even the movie people disliked, “The tourist,’ made over 350 mil. She gets first look on all the other coveted roles that all the other a listers are scrambling for precisely because her name puts but s in seats. So you kinda don’t know what you’re talking about here – sorry.
As I was reading the comments, I noticed that I’ve seen many posts about her and this new film but I know NOTHING about the film. If I read it, (probably did), her presence just shadowed everything else. Maybe that’s good though, have no idea. But I have no intention about seeing the film and nothing that I read so far made me want to.
How can u know nothing about the film when it’s a best selling book, ‘Unbroken.’ Louis Zamperini? His name’s been in the news about 1000% more, ditto the book since Angelina announced she was helming the film. But that aside, hello, it’s history – Google. That’s like saying you know nothing about ‘Selma,’ because all you’ve heard about it is Brad Pitt and Oprah.
Another great article! Good read and those pictures are breathtaking. That was such a sweet thing Angelina did for Jack when he found out about his friend.
Yes, nice article and great photos. She seems so maternal toward Jack and the rest of her cast, very sweet.
She is gorgeous. My first thought was they are very sexy together, especially in the pic not posted here. But kind of a mother/son vibe as well.
Angie said she “needed” to act when she was younger to get out all her emotional stuff .She said that in Financial Times while promoting Blood and Honey.While she has stated many times she is passionate about directing.
RIP Mike Nichols
But the camera loves you! I’m just curious though why she entered acting…or maybe she wanted to try it out first and figured along the years that it wasn’t her permanent cup of tea? I’m really gonna miss her action movies.
In an older interview she said it was her mom that wanted her to be an actress. She wanted to make her mom happy so she started acting.
As always, beautiful! Adoption of her oldest son Maddox changed her life, she never looked back since then. Now it’s time to take a different path ie behind the camera which she is best at. I hope she still acts in films if a great project comes along now and then. Wish her peace and happiness. She is real humanitarian World could use.
I really like the fact that as much as she is celebrated now, for her status both as an actor, director and a humanitarian, plus for her beauty… she is an Oscar winner. But she doesn’t trade on that, nor does she need to trot that title out for any street cred. The girl had talent right from the get go, and look what she’s done with it. Take her and Paltrow (who I actually like), both are talented women, both had a lot of attention. Both had Brad Pitt. One now is stuck in a superficial maelstrom, one dedicates her life to elevating the causes of the disenfranchised of the world. Jolie truly is a role model, inspiring, walking the walk, as well as the talk.
Looking forward to the movie, because her sheer passion for the topic made me feel it’s an important story. (I usually avoid films that are this “heavy” and probably painful to watch as they make me an emotional mess. I reserve that for books and no, haven’t yet read the book in this case so I won’t know how the two compare.)
I love what she does – all of it, the movies, the humanitarian work, the way she lives her life. Need my Brangeloonie badge:-) and yes, she is incredibly beautiful in a way that old Hollywood icons were, like Elizabeth Taylor… Hope she never touches her face and she ages naturally.
As far as campaigning goes, good for her if it gets the movie the attention it deserves. It’s not the intensity of a campaign that gets annoying, but rather the stupid things stars say (looking at you, Benedict) that pisses people off. She keeps the discussion articulate and intelligent.
And yet again they photoshop her muted green/hazel eyes blue.
At least it’s not windex colored this time.
God that face…
As people have already mentioned – this movie would not have been made if it wasn’t for Angelina. Nor can it be a hit without her front and center.
Do you really think that people will click on articles about Jack or Miyavi’s? To get the maximum publicity and to get people to talk about this movie – they need Angelina.
The promotion for this movie is pretty good and people around the world knows of this movie simply because of Angelina.
No matter what some people say – she is one of the most famous and recognised females in the world. She gets constantly namedrops by others, millions of magazines are sold because of her, millions of hits on websites whenever there is something about her.
The cover is AMAZING with capital letters, also really like the picture of her face. I don’t worship AJ like almost everybody (too much perfection always make me suspicious, call me cynical) but I think she is the only actress nowadays that has “Old Hollywood” glamour and astounding beauty.
So it is OK for male actor/directors like Eastwood,Clooney,Ben Afleck,,Spike Lee,etc to do magazine covers and TV interviews to promote their films but not Angie.When Clint was promoting Changeling he did many interviews,some of them with Angie,some alone.Did anyone accuse him of making the film about him?
Angie talks about Louis,the true focus of the film,in every interview and she praises her actors and crew in every interview.
they are doing the usual. It is fine and dandy to make a negative comment about her. Notice those comments are never challenged by these particular posters. But make a positive one and you are fawning and of course they are so above such things.. I wonder why these particular poster never go on say a Cumberbatch thread and tell his fans to stop. I don’t see them doing that at all. But God Forbid Angie has fans that are passionate about her then they pull that old: “see you can’t talk negative about her”.. when in fact that is the only thing they ever come to one of her threads to do.
Look they are pissed and they want her to fail. If the film fails it is all about HER if it is a success. Like Maleficent then it will not be because of her but because it was Disney or because people loved the book.
She is promoting a film. A film with some unknowns. She worked hard to get it made. This is not just her saying it.. but the writers, producers, and Studio people. But she can’t make mention of it. LOL.. they are reaching so far to find something to attack her for.. and how can anyone understand that kind of hate.. It’s sad and sick at the same time.
Perhaps she hates being in front of the camera but the camera still loves her all the same. And I hate that she wants to quit acting. I love watching her on screen. I understand her passion for directing but I hope she mixes up the acting with the directing a little while longer.
“And I hate that she wants to quit acting. I love watching her on screen.”
–Me too. She has said in another interview that she has a few roles left in her but eventually she’ll stop. I don’t want her to give up acting, but it seems she found her niche in directing and she enjoys it. PLUS, she’s got her family and humanitarian work. So something’s got to give — and I guess it’s gotta be the acting.
On a completely different note: THAT FACE. My gawd. That gorgeous face!!!!
She is a classy and good moral woman.
Angelina is so beautiful it makes my heart ache! And I don’t just mean her physical appearance – her heart and determination to do her part to better the lives of others, is simply stunning in my eyes. I believe that kindness, compassion and the sincere desire to serve others are the most beautiful traits!
Of course, she is fortunate to have an external beauty that has few rivals, but even when her outer beauty fades (as it inevitably does as one ages) she will still be gorgeous in my eyes because of what she stands for and what she has done.
This is her best cover for the Unbroken promotion.
This is a great trend. I am hoping now that we see many directors on the covers of magazines instead of the actors. Actually they are the driving force behind the movie and should be talked about more. Why didn’t Robert Stromberg the director of Maleficent pose with Angelina for the press of that movie I wonder. Would love to have seen him of magazine covers. As well what about Gary Ross. He is the director of the Hunger Games. He should be on covers for sure. I would love to see him instead of Jennifer Lawrence over and over and over and over again.
She is really giving it all she has for an Oscar. I don’t get why some actors won’t even campaign and get nominated and others have to work so hard? What is it? Anyone know why the difference.
I think for some actors it’s more about their integrity and creativity versus the dollar and attention. That’s why a lot of great actors do stage rather than film. They’re not looking to be a celebrity or willing to sell their personal life.
There you are – I have been wondering why the Siamese twins haven’t arrived yet?
I like it too–and I like that even though the piece is focused on her, she has the other actors in on it. I think what’s harder for her, in terms of the PR for her movie is that none of the actors are that well known in the US. So having articles just about them isn’t as effective, although I think there’ll be more interviews with them in December.
I have no idea either. For instance I have no idea why Laura Barraza is not promoting her work as a maid character in that movie “Cake”. She was already nominated for an Oscar for Babel, and she was called the best thing in the movie.
She should be hustling for a nomination… but I recall she did not hustle for her former nom either…
Beautiful interview and cover 🙂
LOL she doesn’t like being center of attention, and yet she’s front and center for everything … it’s her for all this promotion of the movie, and she’s not even in it. It’s her, front and center whenever she’s “raising awareness about refugees”. She always brings everything back to her her – “me, me, me” and “I, I, I”.
Yep.
How dare she use her spotlight to bring attention to a war hero or refugees or a young talented cast.She should use her celebrity to address split ends.
@Anna (et al) who wrote (and keep writing the same thing): “LOL she doesn’t like being center of attention, and yet she’s front and center for everything … it’s her for all this promotion of the movie, and she’s not even in it. It’s her, front and center whenever she’s “raising awareness about refugees”. She always brings everything back to her her – “me, me, me” and “I, I, I”. ”
Angelina Jolie is front and center for everything related to the promotion of “Unbroken” because of her “contract, contract, contract” with the “Studio, Studio, Studio” just like every other Director and actor with a current film project. You are posting on “Celebitchy,” just flip back through the last 5 or 6 pages to see the number of people who have multiple articles posted here due to a current film project.
And do you really not know that Angelina Jolie is front and center for her Humanitarian projects because she brings attention to them? Why do you think the Queen knighted Angelina Jolie? It certainly wasn’t because Her Majesty is a rabid fan of Angie’s film career. It’s because she has brought attention to so many important causes.
Since this whole promotional tour begun, I’ve been wondering how it must be like for Jack O’Connell watching and learning from Angelina Jolie, who is widely acknowledged by all, even PR people, in Hollywood as one of, if not the best in the game when it comes to PR.
Lou, that’s just another form of insult from trolls (like the one that runs around the web talking brand-gelina and posting that old paid for hit/smear piece from a guy tight with the PR firms that also wrote for NYT entertainment)
Look, the PR agencies are mad they aren’t getting 20% of her gross like they do from 99% of other actors…while some humanitarian cause is.
Think. If young smart starhunks and starlets did what Angelina did, and that is, NOT have a PR svengali flack – then those behemoth PR agencies would crumble. So what do they do? They make like Angelina’s an evil brilliant genius at PR.
She is smart, but look at her career – she’s not terribly ambitious. She turns down movies other actresses would sell their moms for. She works every 3-4 years. She travels abroad for humanitarian causes. If more and more and more publicity was what she was after she doesn’t have to fly into Iraq in a flak jacket for the UN..she could just go to The Ivy with Brad or she could star in a blockbuster every 3 months. She doesn’t have to walk the walk she could just write a check, or hug kids with cancer in commercials or give her handbags to Mexican orphanages.
It’s not that I don’t want people to tear Jolie down…but can’t the ish make sense for once?
It’s a credit to how well she’s built her image in the business that we can read her claim about not enjoying the camera attention and not have our eyes roll out of our heads. Can you imagine if J. Law or another young actress said it? We’d be giving them hell. She does give a good interview, though. Fairly remarkable how she’s transformed her marketing in the past ten years.
i, personally, think that how she has transformed her life over the past ten years is what is fairly remarkable.
i, personally, thinks it’s a credit to how well she has built her life in the business, and outside of it, that we can read her claim about not enjoying camera attention and not have our eyes roll out of our heads.
I hope to see more women directing in Hollywood. I also like that she picked this project rather than something generic or purely for popular appeal. It seems like the movie really has meaning and it’s based on a real person, so I definitely want to see it. I’m not so sure about the film she’s doing with Brad, though. That one doesn’t sound as good.
Have mercy, she is gorgeous.
i like how Alexander Desplat said that Unbroken will be a “beloved movie”. he also spilled the beans that there won’t be much dialogue in it. it’s a very ‘quiet and spiritual’ movie, he said. i’m intrigued now. because war films are not known for their quietness.
Actually, I think her casting widely may be a smart financial move too-She’s quite popular in Japan and overseas and casting english and japanese actors may give extra publicity to the film’s release in those areas, too. Smart directors/producers know that the overseas market is critical, particularly with certain types of films (since we here in the US seem to mainly go for superhero or animated films lately….)
Oscar-baity campaign comments, sorry. Go and read some of her Maleficent inteviews and she talks about how much she loves her job as an actress, how much she enjoyed playing the character etc.
So, she’s one more celebrity who doesn’t love being in front of the camera… We can tell that, sure we can.
Regardless that, I’m looking forward for her both films, they seem utterly interesting. If I had the chance to choose between acting or directing, I’d choose the second choice without thinking twice.
I love how he has forehead wrinkles at 25 and she’s as smooth as glass at 40+.
Angie is in her 30s.
To me Angelina is the last “movie star” female that still reeks of that old Hollywood glamour and beauty. She said in interviews years back that she preferred directing and producing to acting. She is very skilled at both. She and her husband have done so much good for so many people all over the world. I think some people could find something negative to say about anything. The wealth she has amassed based on her acting alone says all that needs to be said about her ability and her beauty.
It’s not fair how beautiful she is. I mean, she is so very stunning.
Jebuz. That woman’s bone structure. I’m not even a Brangeloonie but she has one of the most breathtaking faces. I swear not even one starlet is coming close to knocking her off her place. Megan Fox? Na. Emily Ratawhatevah? Na.