Angelina Jolie talks to the media on the island of Brijuni,
Croatia, earlier this month. She was in Croatia to
highlight land mines problems associated with the 1991-1995
war. (AP Photo)
Angelina Jolie has dismissed ongoing speculation about
marriage and more kids with her partner Brad Pitt, telling
Vanity Fair in an interview that there are "no secret wedding
plans."
The Oscar-winning actress revealed details of her upcoming
wartime romance film, "In the Land of Blood and Honey," which
she directed. She told Vanity Fair magazine that feared
stepping behind the camera for the first time.
"I've never felt more exposed. My whole career, I've hidden
behind other people's words," Jolie said. "Now it's me
talking. You feel ridiculous when you get something wrong."
The actress, who penned the script during a two-day
quarantine period when she had the flu, said she had Pitt
read it over first. "He called and said, 'You know, honey,
it's not that bad,'" Jolie told the magazine.
The story follows a couple's love affair during the Bosnian
war, and Jolie made sure to get the script as accurate as
possible by sending it to reporters and writers of Serbian
and Bosnian nationalities who had experienced the war.
"I was gauging the accuracy...If they said no, I wouldn't
have done it," she said.
But the movie did cause controversy last year when the leader
of a woman's group in Sarajevo urged city officials to ban
shooting the film in Bosnia. She complained that the love
story was offensive because it was between a Bosnian woman
and Serbian man.
At the time, Jolie said she hoped people would withhold any
judgement until that had seen the film, which is expected to
hit theatres in December of this year.
The "Salt" actress told Vanity Fair that she took the helm as
director because the script "was something I didn't trust out
of my hands." And she revealed how directing the film changed
the way she perceived acting.
"Brad thinks I'm going to be a nightmare," joked Jolie, who
won her Oscar for supporting actress in "Girl, Interrupted."
"I had such a good experience he thinks I'm going to be
impatient with directors, which I already am. I get impatient
with people working on a film that have their head in their
hands like it's the most complicated thing in the world."
She said Pitt was very supportive of the film and offered
suggestions, but she wasn't sure he was the best person from
whom to take advice.
"He'd come in and say what he liked or what he didn't
understand. Like any woman, I would listen to most of it and
fight a few things. He's been so supportive. But it's hard to
separate the person that loves you from the critic, so I
don't think he's a fair judge."
Jolie cast many unknown actors in the film, which she felt
was important for authenticity.
"It couldn't be anyone else. It's their story. It was
important that they were willing to do it. If none of them
were willing, I wouldn't have made it," said the actress.
And as for its ultimate success or failure, Jolie leaves it
up to the audience to decide, hopefully in a good debate.
"People will judge for themselves. I think if you make a good
movie people will walk away arguing," she said.
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