Angelina Jolie Tears Up Talking About Her Mother

Access Hollywood - November 18, 2008 1:08 PM PST
Story photo: Angelina Jolie Tears Up Talking About Her MotherAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at a Changeling photocall in LondonGetty ImagesAccess Hollywood

LONDON, U.K. -- Angelina Jolie has long been guarded when it comes to speaking about her late mother.

But during a press conference in London on Monday to promote her new film, "Changeling," Angelina became quite emotional when talking about using her mother, Marcheline Bertand, as the inspiration behind her character.

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"A single mom in 1928 was a difficult place to come from. [She] didn't command any respect," the actress said of her character Christine Collins. "Because I couldn't relate to it, my mom wasn't [there in] 1928, but there was something about her."

As she began to talk of Marcheline, who died in January 2007, Angelina became visibly emotional and even cursed as her eyes began to tear up.

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"She is very much Christine Collins," Angelina said, comparing her mother to her "Changeling" character. "She was really, really sweet and she would never get angry. She couldn't swear to save her life. But when it came to her kids, she was really, really fierce. So this is very much her and her story."

Despite the character's underlying ties to her mother, Angelina revealed she initially didn't want to do the film.

"When I first read the script, I couldn't put it down and then I said no immediately. I didn't want to go near this story," she told reporters.

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However, she later changed her mind, considering the film "an extra piece of justice" for Collins, a woman whose son disappears in the movie.

And in preparing for the role, she was able to pull her inspiration from close to home.

"[My mother's] name was Marcheline and everyone called her 'Marshmallow' as a joke because she was just the softest, most gentle woman in the world," Angelina continued. "She was the one I relate to who had that elegance and strength and just knowing what was right."

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  • Michelle
    She rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    report abuseposted March 18, 2009 7:33 PM PDT
  • CRS
    Fake lips. Fake cheekbones. 100% fake everything. Think she cares? LOL!
    report abuseposted November 28, 2008 8:24 PM PST
  • ANGELINA SEEMS VERY SINCERE & COMPASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT SHE DOES. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT SHE REALLY IS! MANY ADOPT CHILDREN FOR THE WRONG REASONS SUCH AS: "IMAGE", TAX WRITE OFF & SOMETIMES TO ABUSE. IT'S SHAMEFUL & GRIM BUT TRUE. I HOPE THAT ALL OF THE CHILDREN THAT ARE PART OF THIS FAMILY ARE LOVED MORE THAN WE COULD POSSIBLY THINK. IT&#
    report abuseposted November 18, 2008 10:18 PM PST
  • Sweets
    Kd C, you are obiously ignorant. What difference would it make if a Black family had adopted Zahara. I'm sure Brad and Angelina love those children more than anyone else could or ever did. But anyway, it would've been nice if her mother was here to see her new grandkids.
    report abuseposted November 18, 2008 8:12 PM PST
  • vicky_d
    exactly my point why "marriage" doesn't define a relationship! it's just a piece of paper
    report abuseposted November 18, 2008 7:21 PM PST
  • smly sx
    Brad was free man since dysfunctional & fake wife there to use to ride fame and money, so there's great reason t be in love to form the familt componants. Brad you did right thing to save from wasting w/j.a. wasted your life for 7 long years. we always wondered j.a didn't fit to your life. you have wonderful life now. praise you getting out from distress mt. j.a. made.
    report abuseposted November 18, 2008 7:21 PM PST
  • Ko C
    Angelina should not have adopted Zahara. She should have helped a black family adopt her.
    report abuseposted November 18, 2008 6:36 PM PST
  • MZ
    Looks like Morticia Addams
    report abuseposted November 18, 2008 6:30 PM PST
  • MS M
    Can we add RYAN PHILLIPE, ROSE MCGOWAN and DENISE RICHARDS to the list. And let’s not forget MADONNA and A-ROD? In fact didn’t JENNIFER ANISTON herself started messing around with TATE DONOVAN when he had a fiance three months pregnant who then miscarried due to the stress of him leaving her for Jen. THIS IS WHOM IS CALLED THE "ALL AMERICAN GIRL NEXT DOOR"..
    report abuseposted November 18, 2008 5:35 PM PST
  • MS M
    What about SHERYL CROWE touring with a married man? I seem to remember that BILLY BOB left his wife to be with LAURA DERN and then didn’t she turn around and start seeing BEN HARPER who was married and whose wife was PREGNANT. How about ANTONIO BANDARAS, JENNIFER LOPEZ, TORI SPELLING and BRITNEY SPEARS? What are your thoughts on HUGH GRANT, JUDE LAW, DAVID BECKHAM, GWENYTH PALTROW and SEAN PEN
    report abuseposted November 18, 2008 5:31 PM PST
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