Angelina Jolie's sons, Maddox and Pax, gained a deeper understanding of their mother while working as production assistants on her new film, 'Maria.' Jolie shared that they witnessed her expressing a level of vulnerability she typically hides from her children, allowing for a more honest and connected relationship.
Angelina Jolie 's sons saw a whole new side of her while working as production assistants on her new film, Maria . 'They've seen me go through a lot of things, but they hadn't experienced me expressing a lot of the pain that usually a parent hides from a child,' Jolie, 49, told BBC News of 23-year-old Maddox and 21-year-old Pax in an interview published on Wednesday, December 18. 'So, they were there to witness some of that, but then we would hug or they would bring me cups of tea.
' Jolie portrays renowned opera singer Maria Callas in the biopic, which was released in select theaters on November 27 and is now streaming on Netflix. Callas, who died at age 53 in 1977, faced her share of struggles and scandals over the course of her career, including vision problems, vocal decline and a highly publicized affair with shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Jolie, whose contentious split from ex-husband Brad Pitt has played out in the public eye, explained how she related to Callas during an August press conference promoting the film. 'Well, there's a lot I won't say in this room, that you probably know or assume,' the actress said. 'I think the way I related to her may be a surprise — probably the part of her that's extremely soft and doesn’t have room in the world to be as soft as she truly was, and as emotionally open as she truly was. I share her vulnerability more than anything.' Jolie told BBC News that letting her sons see that vulnerability allowed her to connect and be honest with her children 'in an even greater way.' In addition to Maddox and Pax, Jolie shares Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 16, with Pitt, 61. Jolie has collaborated with her children before; Maddox and Pax have worked on a number of her films, including Without Blood, and Vivienne worked as a producer’s assistant on the Broadway musical The Outsiders, which Jolie coproduced
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