The guardian he ran a long profile of actor, director, author and activist Angelina Jolie this weekend, with Jolie both and writer Simon Hattenstone making his appearance the damnest thing is to try to make the piece as much as possible about Jolie’s passions, her new book on UN-guaranteed children’s rights and her work to promote the struggles and heroism of activists and refugees in areas such as Syria and Afghanistan. But especially in light of Jolie’s long custody struggles with ex-husband Brad Pitt over her six children, and her connection to the issue of children’s rights—It was probably inevitable that some things about Angelina Jolie’s famous actress would escape, and probably just as inevitably, is the kind of thing that is quite difficult to distract from when it is in the ether.
Specifically: Jolie talks about Harvey Weinstein, whom he calls assaulted he began early in his career, around his role in 1988 Playing from memory. “I worked with him when I was young,” says Jolie, “If you get out of the room, you think he tried but he didn’t, right? The truth is that the attempt and the experience of the attempt are an assault. . It was beyond a step, it was something that had to escape ”. Jolie says she did her best to warn other young women not to work with Weinstein and that she rejected The Aviator due to their involvement. Her then-husband was less willing to take similar positions, however; Jolie points to the profile that:Of course, it hurt ”when Pitt chose to star in Weinstein’s production Damn bastards, and carried Weinstein joined as the producer of a film in 2012. “We fought for it.”
Other material from Pitt in the interview is more circumspect, at least in part because the legal issues surrounding the struggle for custody remain ongoing, and in part served as inspiration for him to write about children’s rights. “I’m not the type of person who makes decisions like the decisions I had to make lightly,” she points out, alluding to divorce and her allegations of abusive behavior against Pitt. “It took me a long time to be in a position where I felt I had to separate from the father of my children.
The end result is messy, but striking, profile, he is often forced to talk obliquely about Jolie’s personal connection to the book she strives to publicize and promote. (Titled Know your rights, and co-written by Geraldine Van Bueren, QC and Amnesty International.) You can read the full piece here.