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Angelina Jolie Struggled To Get Into Character For The New ‘Maleficent’ Film After Feeling “Pretty Broken”

The last couple of years have been tough - by Chelsea Tromans
  • 17 Oct 2019
Angelina Jolie Struggled To Get Into Character For The New ‘Maleficent’ Film After Feeling “Pretty Broken”

Angelina Jolie recently reprised her role as Maleficent in the upcoming sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, but she says it took her a little while to get back into character.

Maleficent, who is a strong, powerful female character, may have had Angelina written all over it when she filmed the first movie in 2014, but it’s been four years since her last acting role and a lot has changed in her personal life since then.

“It was a tough time,” Angelina said of her return to playing Maleficent in an interview with People. “I’d been coming off a few years of difficulty, and I was not feeling very strong. In fact, I was feeling pretty broken. It took me a moment to feel the strength of [Maleficent] again.”

Luckily for Angelina, her kids are what gives her strength, and she had all six of them in London with her during filming. However, she wasn’t able to convince any of them to appear on screen this time around.

Angelina Jolie And Her Kids At The Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil Premiere

For the first Maleficent film, Angelina’s daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt played the role of five-year-old Aurora alongside her mum. But this time around, she wasn’t interested. 

“I tried,” Angelina told People. “Viv still can’t believe I made her a princess. None of my kids want to be actors. [They’re into] business, humanitarian affairs, things like that. Nobody was interested!”

Angelina Jolie And Vivienne Jolie Pitt - Maleficent
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Chelsea Tromans is a fashion, beauty and lifestyle editor whose words can be found on BEAUTYcrew, marie claire, Women’s Health, WHO, Daily Addict, and The Joye…just to name a few. She’s a night owl who’s trying to train herself to be a morning person (coffee helps!) and she recently traded in her hectic Sydney life for a quieter pace in Brisbane.

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