In an interview with “W” magazine, Angelina Jolie reflected on the death of her mother Marcheline Bertrand in 2007 and the impact of her death on her career: “It was more difficult for me to be an actress. »
The release of a film with Angelina Jolie is always an event. And for good reason, the actress is increasingly rare in the cinema. Because she focuses on other projects, whether as a producer, screenwriter, director or activist. Because she takes care of her six children – of whom she has had custody since her separation from Brad Pitt, from whom she has just (finally) officially divorced. But also because, since the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, in 2007, at the age of 56, from cancer, she enjoys acting less.
Angelina Jolie, chasing her mother's dream
In an interview with “W” magazine, on the occasion of the release of Pablo Larrain's biopic on Maria Callas in which she plays the singer, Angelina Jolie was asked about her desire to become an actress. “I did it at first because it was my mother's dream,” revealed the actress, on bad terms with her father Jon Voight. And to explain that Marcheline Bertrand would have liked to have her daughter's career. “She tried acting, but when my mother was 25, she was divorced with two children and she decided to focus her life solely on being a mother. She didn't make me feel like it was a sacrifice: she loved being a stay-at-home mom. But she really wanted me to be an actress. I don't remember making this choice. I remember it made my mother happy. »
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“My mother was my manager and we were a team,” continued Angelina Jolie, who, thanks to her success, was able to provide for her eldest: “I always wanted to buy her a house and I started to pay the bills. » And, if it suited him, the death of his mother changed everything. “When my mother passed away, it was harder for me to be an actress because I realized how much it was for her,” Angelina Jolie confessed.
