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Winona Ryder Reveals Angelina Jolie Never Thanked Her After She Bagged 'Girl Interrupted'

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Published on Thursday, 01 October 2020 07:03
Written by Republic World

           Winona Ryder opens up about how Angelina Jolie never thanked her for getting the role in 'Girl Interrupted' movie. Read on to know more about what she said.Angelina Jolie shot to fame with her Oscar-winning performance in Girl Interrupted. But what many don't know is that it was actually Winona Ryder who wanted Jolie to be a part of the film. However, a recent report claims that Jolie has never thanked Ryder for making her Hollywood career. Here's what this is about. Angelina Jolie never thanked Winona Ryder for Girl Interrupted.According to reports of Showbiz Cheatsheet, Winona Ryder was the reason behind Angelina Jolie's casting in Girl Interrupted. The former was both a part of the Girl Interrupted cast and the executive producer of the movie. She insisted that Jolie be signed in for the role of Lisa. Winona Ryder, however, was first asked to play the role, but she went on to essay Sussana in the film as she identified more with this character. Winona Ryder recalled that she had thought she would become "great friends" with Angelina Jolie during the movie. But it turns out Jolie kept her distance and Ryder surmised she needed to interact with her only as Susanna. She also never thanked the latter for getting her the role which in many ways jump-started her career in Hollywood. According to Ryder, "it wasn't [Jolie's] style" to express gratitude. After the film released, Angelina Jolie received more attention for her portrayal of Lisa. Winona Ryder claims that she knew this would happen and was alright with it despite many feeling bad for her. Jolie also went on to win the Oscar for Best-Supporting Actress. Although her father was famous, she only managed to bag small and sometimes inconsequential roles in the movies before Girl Interrupted. Meanwhile, the plot of Girl Interrupted revolves around a girl named Susanna who is directionless in life and tries to commit suicide. She is admitted to a mental institution called Claymoore  where she becomes friends with many women who are also suffering from one or the other kind of mental illness. The Girl Interrupted cast includes Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Brittany Murphy, Elizabeth Moss, Clea Duvall, Jared Leto, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.

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Here’s Why Angelina Jolie Turned Down A Role In ‘Charlie’s Angels’

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Published on Friday, 18 September 2020 09:30
Written by The Things

              Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore we’re both exceptionally interested in bringing in the actress to take part in the series.Angelina Jolie has had quite the ride in the movie business, and over the years, she forged a legacy that few can come close to matching. While her marriages and her children have been the focus of media attention, Jolie has managed to put everything behind her to focus on being a talented performer and a prominent humanitarian.During the 2000s, several older television shows were being turned into films, including Charlie’s Angels. When the film was coming together, Jolie was in consideration to play a lead role in the film.So, why did Angelina Jolie pass up on such a golden opportunity? Let’s take a closer look at the finer details! One of the interesting things to note about Angelina Jolie potentially taking part in the Charlie’s Angels franchise back during the 2000s was that Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore we’re both exceptionally interested in bringing in the actress to take part in the series.When the casting of the film was taking place, Angelina Jolie was not nearly as popular as Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore were, meaning that they were going to be the ones handling the bulk load of the film.This was some thing that Angelina Jolie herself touched on saying, “Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz are already celebrities, and they’ll have great fun spoofing their images in Charlie’s Angels.” It’s usually the case to see a casting director or a film director have someone in mind, but it is another thing entirely to see other members of the cast have someone in mind that they want to work with.One of the toughest things about working on set is maintaining a relationship and working professionally alongside other people, so it is cool to see that Diaz and Barrymore were both clamoring for Jolie to come on board.Eventually, the role in question would go to Lucy Liu, who wound up being such a great fit for it. Liu was able to provide a nice contrast to what Diaz in the Barrymore were bringing to the table, and it helped the spy team feel like an actual working unit as opposed to a piece of fiction. While most people in the business would take any opportunity available to star alongside prominent movie stars in what could potentially blossom into a franchise, Angelina Jolie had put a serious amount of thought into taking the role in the Charlie’s Angels film.When speaking to Film Inc. back in 1999 Angelina Jolie would open up about her decision to stay away from the Charlie’s Angels film.Jolie would say, “...the reasons to do it would be to play a tough girl, and I’ve already done that. Plus, I don’t wanna be that exposed by being in a really big movie.”

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How Angelina Jolie Ended Up Playing an Elephant: Inside the Casting of 'The One and Only Ivan'

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Published on Saturday, 29 August 2020 21:08
Written by ET online

            Who would have guessed that one of the most emotional performances of the year would come from an elephant voiced by Angelina Jolie? And yet, you will no doubt find yourself getting a bit misty as a particularly poignant pachyderm named Stella delivers a monologue about the power of memory in Disney+'s latest offering, The One and Only Ivan.The movie is adapted from Katherine Applegate's Newbery Medal-winning children's book -- itself based on a true story of the real-life Ivan -- about a 400-pound gorilla living in captivity at a shopping mall and grappling with questions of where he comes from and where he truly belongs. It's there at the Big Top Mall that Ivan learns about the importance of friendship and the power of visualization, largely through Stella's speeches beautifully penned by screenwriter Mike White."I wasn't really looking to do a kid's movie," says White, who is better known for adult fare like Beatriz at Dinner and Enlightened, though he also scripted The Emoji Movie. "But someone sent me the book and it packed so much more of a punch than I was expecting. It was such a complex, melancholy and poetic book for something that was meant for kids."Unbeknownst to White, Jolie had a similar read on it. Her daughter, Shiloh, recommended The One and Only Ivan to her and, after reading it, Jolie began inquiring whether a film was in the works. She signed on both as a voice actor and a producer. "I tried to push it to stay as true to the book as possible," Jolie tells ET. "I think it's very, very special, especially with the environmental issues -- the destruction of these natural habitats and poaching -- and we have young people who are activists now and are aware of these issues." "Angelina really wanted to make sure that we were getting the pain of the characters -- that they are in a prison, in a sense -- and making sure that we are being honest emotionally about what that means," White says. "And I was glad to have her advocating for that." He chuckles, "At the same time, it's a heavy theme, and you realize you're making this for young kids. I remember when I was a kid watching Bambi's mother die and being inconsolable and not being able to move forward. So, you've got to remember that this is for kids."
            The One and Only Ivan finds a dose of comedic relief and a plethora of tender moments in its ensemble of circus animals: There is, of course, the gorilla artiste Ivan (voiced by Sam Rockwell), and his best friend, Bob the dog (Danny DeVito), along with Snickers the poodle (Helen Mirren), Murphy the bunny (Ron Funches) and a baseball-playing chicken called Henrietta (the legendary Chaka Khan).The final role to fill was that of Frankie the perpetually anxious seal, who is voiced by White himself. "I have a feeling it was Thea just sitting there like, 'Who's good to be a neurotic obsessive?' Then looks across the desk at me like, 'Well, we got it right here.'" Considering White started working on the script some six years ago, there was no way for him to know who would eventually bring each animal to life. He credits the director, Thea Sharrock, with the seamless voice casting. "Of course, there's always a period once you get the actors to adjust for them and let them bring their own stuff to it," White says.Like, for instance, when Henrietta coos, "Ain't nobody love you better," a line clearly inspired by her voice actor. "We played around with some of the iconography with Chaka," White confirms. (With a laugh, he adds: "I feel weird calling her Chaka. Ms. Khan? I don't know.") Sharrock also had her actors record their dialogue in groups together to promote collaboration."Normally you're on your own with the director, but it made a huge difference," Mirren says of recording with DeVito and Rockwell. "All three of us were in the room together, and you can play off each other. You can improvise. You can laugh at each other -- because Sam and Danny were always making me laugh.""Yeah, it was great. I didn't know that, you know, so I didn't wear pants the first day," DeVito jokes.Jolie, meanwhile, recorded with young co-star Brooklynn Prince, who voices the Big Top Mall's newcomer, a baby elephant named Ruby. "I said, 'Hey, why don't we wear elephant onesies in ADR?'" Prince recalls. "And she was like, 'Sure.' So, I go home and I'm like, 'Mom, please buy me and Angie elephant onesies!' And my mom was like, 'I'm buying an elephant onesie for Angelina Jolie?!' And on the day, Angie shows up and she pulls out her elephant onesie and we rocked them the rest of the day." "How can you say no to that?" Jolie grins.

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Angelina Jolie Reveals Why 'The One and Only Ivan' Has the 'Greatest Casting Ever' (Exclusive)

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Published on Friday, 21 August 2020 19:47
Written by ET online

          If Angelina Jolie is raving about the cast, you know the movie is something special. In this featurette for Disney+'s upcoming The One and Only Ivan, debuting exclusively on ET, Jolie has the pleasure of introducing the people behind this story of a truly special gorilla."Ivan is played by the brilliant Sam Rockwell. Danny DeVito is playing Bob," Jolie gushes about her co-stars, who voice the titular gorilla and his four-legged friend, Bob, a dog, respectively. "There's so many people -- and also Chaka Khan! So, the greatest casting ever."Adapted from the novel of the same name (which is based on a true story), The One and Only Ivan centers on Ivan, who lives in captivity at a shopping mall owned by Bryan Cranston's Mack, as he grapples with questions of where he comes from and where he belongs. Khan lends her voice to a chicken called Henrietta, with Jolie as an elephant named Stella. The ensemble of voice actors also includes Helen Mirren, Brooklynn Prince, Ron Funches, Phillipa Soo and Mike White."It's a beautiful story. They're really a family trying to work together to get a second chance," Rockwell says, with Jolie sharing, "It's really nice to be a part of something that you feel has something really good to say."The One and Only Ivan is streaming Aug. 21 on Disney+.

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Angelina Jolie decided to star in The One And Only Ivan after one of her kids brought her the book: 'This generation is aware of what is happening to our natural habitats'

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Published on Tuesday, 18 August 2020 10:15
Written by Daily mail

          Together Jolie and Pitt have six children: Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12. She then added to Entertainment Tonight it was Shiloh who came forward with the book.'Well, Shiloh years ago told me that she had read a book that she loved and she wanted me to read it,' said the activist.Together Jolie and Pitt have six children: Maddox, 19, Pax, 16, Zahara, 15, Shiloh, 14, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 12. She then added to Entertainment Tonight it was Shiloh who came forward with the book.'Well, Shiloh years ago told me that she had read a book that she loved and she wanted me to read it,' said the activist.'I read it on my own and then we looked at some of it together and we talked about why she loved it. Then, I inquired if it was being made – as you do – into a film, and I found out that it was kind of in the works but kind of hadn't [been] figured out.'The Oscar-winning actress serves as a producer and voices elephant Stella in the Disney+ movie, which is based on the best-selling children's story of the same name. It centers on gorilla Ivan (voiced by Sam Rockwell), who performs at Mack's (Bryan Cranston) circus but dreams of a life beyond the cage.  Also in the movie is child star Ariana Greenblatt who looks like a mini me version of the A list actress. The 12-year-old New York native child star plays Julia in the movie.Speaking to website Digital Spy, Angelina said: 'Disney, Mike (White) and everybody involved really (understood) it has its heart. 'It's not a light film, it deals with heavy issues, but it is charming, fun and full of life. But it's deceptive in the packaging.'
          Director Thea Sharrock added that they didn't want the film to 'feel like a documentary' which influenced decision-making during the production, such as the size of the bars in Ivan's cage.She said: 'This is not just any studio, it's Disney, so we definitely knew there was a tone we had to get right.'There are some shots we chose very carefully when we came to edit it, that certain scenes there are no bars to be seen whatsoever, and in other moments, we've chosen very carefully when the presence of the bars are there so that they are a constant reminder.'It's not easy when your leading character is behind bars for 80 per cent of the movie and you have to hold at its heart that he creates a dream, he's given a gift by Stella to create a gift of a dream to get out.'This article appears after ex Pitt has fired back at Jolie via his legal team, after she filed a request to remove Judge John W. Ouderkirk from their almost four-year-long divorce battle earlier this week.Angelina filed papers on August 7 claiming that Ouderkirk - who married the former couple at their French estate Château Miraval in 2014 - failed to disclose other 'business relationships' he had with Pitt's lawyers, suggesting that he would be 'biased' in their divorce case. Pitt has slammed Jolie for attempting to delay their almost four-year divorce case, saying that it will be their children who are 'hurt most'; seen in 2015.However, Pitt, 56, has responded in papers filed on August 13, calling Jolie's filing a 'Hail Mary' - an American Football reference to deliberately delay a game - according to legal documents obtained by PEOPLE. In them, Pitt's legal team accuses the actress of making a 'transparently tactical gambit' to delay matters, adding that it will be their own children who are 'hurt most' by the hold up.
          The papers describe Jolie's request as 'a thinly-veiled attempt by Jolie to delay the adjudication of long-pending custody issues in this case.' PageSix also adds that Pitt's team called Jolie's filing 'an abrupt cry of judicial bias [that] reeks of bad faith and desperation.'The former power couple split in 2016, effectively ending a 12-year relationship and two years of marriage.Jolie alleged in her filing that Ouderkirk 'failed to make timely mandatory disclosures of ongoing business and professional relationships between himself' and Pitt's legal team. She added in her request that she was 'never afforded the opportunity to even raise a concern or to object to the ever-increasing business relationships between Judge Ouderkirk and [Pitt's] counsel — relationships that were providing a steady stream of income to Judge Ouderkirk and the potential for future work.'Adding: 'These are precisely the type of repeat customer circumstances that create doubts about a privately-compensated private judge’s ability to remain impartial.' Yet, Pitt's team has responded saying Jolie had been made fully aware that Ouderkirk had accepted 'additional new engagements' involving the actor's team, and that she had 'never objected' to Ouderkirk's 'continued involvement' in the proceedings until now.

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