Brad & Angie’s Dinner in Prague — Part II

Jane:

Aniston was never supposed to play that role — Brad and the people at Plan B had stated that time and time again. Brad got the novel from MP because he was the only one who had read the book. Aniston was only there because she was part of Plan B at the time. (she never even read the book!) She only kept saying that she was thinking of playing the part because she has a duplicitous nature, like she kept saying a baby was on the way! But how many times has Brad said that they are not playing the roles, they are only producing the movie!!!!

Besides, Aniston’s acting range is pretty limited. How could she possibly convincingly play the role of a pregnant woman in turmoil, searching for a missing husband?

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Jane Says:
May 7th, 2007 at 8:48 am - flag comment
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Well stop hearing the voices in your head and read the interview of Angie and Marriane Pearl in Glamour magazine. Marriane knew Brad and Angie individualy before they bacame a couple. Marriane was the one you send Angie a note to have a play date with their sons. Angie had only Maddox then. Brad was the only one who read the her book. Marriane was the one who wanted Angie to portrey her in the film. Your idol was never considered for that role and that was said by Brad in 2004. She was never attached to it nor Brad. She was simply having delusional dreams just like her fans!! LMAO!!!!

Angie’s skin is glowing like porcelain.
It is because of great sex life and feeling of contentment.

please re-read this article carefully it will help with this comment you made

Plus, Brad is a big help in Angie’s career. I heard she got the ‘Mighty Heart’ part because Brad is producing the film. Originally Aniston was supposed to play that role–which many people think has Oscar possibilities.

On January23, 2002, Mariano Pearl became a reluctant global icon. That was the day her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped by terrorists in Pakistan while investigating Islamic extremism. For weeks, millions around the world watched, astonished, as Mariane, then five months preg¬nant with the couple’s son, Adam, appeared calm and collected on TV to appeal for her husband’s release. (When asked what she would say to him if he were listening, she replied simply. “I love you.”) The unbearable news in February that. Pearl had been beheaded by his captors triggered worldwide outrage, but Mariane refused to lash out. “Danny has not been defeated.” she went on CNN to say. “His pain and my pain will help… change the world.”

I witnessed an almost eerie repeat of that scene in my office at Glamour one day this March. The confessed terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had just claimed that it was he who had murdered Daniel Pearl. The news broke just as Mariane arrived at Glamour to map out her next trips for her Global Diary column (see page 196). My stomach turned as I read the grim details on my computer, but Mariane, for whom this is so much more than just a news story, stayed strong and focused in a way most of us can only aspire to be. “The more people like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are spreading fear,” she said in a statement to the press the next day, “the more determined I am to resist by celebrating values of human¬ism and dignity.” The same beauti¬ful message resonates throughout.

A Mighty Heart, Mariane’s best-selling memoir about the kidnapping ordeal, the film version of which—starring Angelina Jolie and produced by her partner Brad Pitt’s production company—hits screens in June.
Today I am meeting both women at Angelina’s sleek, modern Los Angeles home to discuss the film and the genuine friendship that has sprung up between them. Actresses and the people they portray in movies don’t always click; after all, one has an artistic vision, the other a personal truth to protect. But Angelina and Mariane actually have a lot in common: Both were raised primarily by their moms; both experienced single motherhood themselves; both are citizens of the world (Mariane, who grew up in Paris, is of Afro-Cuban, Chinese and Dutch descent; Angelina has adopted children from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam, and chose to give birth to her biological daughter in Namibia); and both pour themselves into humanitarian work—Mariane through her writing about women around the world, and Angelina, famously, as a U.N. goodwill ambassador who’s donated a third of her income to charity. Less than five minutes into our conversation, it’s clear that the bond between these two women is warm, respectful and real. Listen in and you’ll know why their closeness runs much deeper than a Hollywood movie deal.

CINDI LEIVE: So Mariane, you started to tell me the story of how you guys initially met, which to my surprise had absolutely nothing to do with A Mighty Heart.

MARIANE PEARL: I don’t even know if you remember, Angie, but I wrote you a letter.

ANGELINA JOLIE: I do remember.

MP: It’s true. One day a few years ago, I was alone in New York with Adam, still having a rough time [after Danny’s death], I read an interview with Angie in a magazine, about her and Maddox and her life as a single mom. And I thought, this woman could be my friend. I need a friend and that’s my friend. I’d never experienced anything like that before in my life. It was something in her tone, in the answers that she gave. I felt also that Maddox and Adam [then both about three] could be good friends. So I sent her a note saying, do you want to have a playdate?

CL: Why?

AJ: Because she hates the phone as much as I do. So it almost didn’t happen! But when it finally did, I remember being really nervous, thinking, she’s such an intelligent European woman— what are we going to do together? So we went to this serious, European, existential play—it seemed like the right thing [and it was supposed to be OK for kids]. But Adam and Mad got antsy, and finally halfway through, to each other’s relief, we were both like, do you want to get out of here? And we ran out and went back to Mariane’s place.

MP: We were hungry.

AJ: I was still a little nervous at that point. You know, as a mom, you always assume that the other mother is in charge, and that she probably just does it all so much better than you. So I was thinking, oh God, I bet she has this great routine of cooking up some amazing French meal. Then we found ourselves just staring at this pasta box. With no idea.

MP: Angie asks me, “Do you know how to make pasta?” And I really am reading the instructions on the box.

AJ: The boys were in the other room.

MP: They were watching The Jungle Book.

AJ: Because they both look like Mowgli!

MP: It’s true, they identify! [Laughs.] But we cooked the pasta; it was actually good. And then we started talking about changing the world…

AJ: …and about all the things we were passionate about. Her instincts were right—we did have so much in common. And all the kids are great friends now. Zahara is madly in love with Adam.

CL: And was the movie a thought for either of you at that point?

AJ: No and when we finally discussed the movie I almost didn’t understand, as an actress, how they could do it. There is so much passion in this story, and it’s also so real—how could it not end up being too melodramatic?

MP: Meantime, 1 had met with Brail separately about the movie. He wasn’t connected at all with Angie at that time. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure I wanted to do a mo™; it took me a year to agree to meet with a studio. Everybody was using terrorism for their own political agenda at that time, and really, this is a story about Danny. But when I met Brad—well, out of all the studios, he was the only one who had actually read the book!

AJ: Really?

MP: Really. He was the only one I had a conversation with about what happened [to Danny]. And I could see already that he wanted to have children, and to raise them in a world of tolerance. I could see that he was doing all these successful things with his life, but he was also at the stage where he wanted to do something for others. I don’t think I would have done it if I didn’t feel a direct connection to Brad and, then, Angie.

AJ: The movie only became more of a reality when we all met in Africa [in Namibia in spring 2006]. And we agreed on Michael [Winterbottom, the director]. And we all had an understanding that it couldn’t be a traditional melodrama: You know, “Mariane starts to get upset and the camera gets really, really close.” Because the wonderful thing about Mariane, and the book, is that she’s not like that. You know, Mariane, you’re somebody who has every right to have a lot of anger. And the fact that you take a deep breath and stand up with a very clear voice of tolerance and dialogue—that’s why I wanted to do the film.

MP: Well, that kind of self-control is not always easy, and it hasn’t been easy for me. I always go back to one moment: In Karachi, when Captain [the Pakistani officer who was leading the investigations into Danny’s kidnapping] came to the house and told me what happened, my reaction was that I grabbed an AK-47 from one of the guards. In that single moment,, I knew how easy it would be to kill someone. If they had brought a person who was guilty [of Danny’s murder] to the house, I would have shot him. But then I would have destroyed everything Danny believed in, and everything we did as a couple—and I couldn’t do that Believe me, the moment I put the gun down was a very bitter moment. It is much harder to exercise self-control than it is to give in to anger. Putting that gun down was my biggest act of courage.

CL: Where does that strength come from?

MP: Partly from Buddhism. I’ve been practicing since I was 17. And you know; after Danny’s death, all the years of chanting kicked in, and I knew instinctively that anger and revenge wouldn’t take me anywhere. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt, though. I miss Danny. The pain is real, but the sense of purpose is bigger than the pain.
So Angelina, here you are, knowing Mariane, being friends with her.—and then you take on this role. That must add a layer that doesn’t usually exist for an actress.

AJ: Yeah, and it’s horrible. I was so nervous! I mean, it’s like you’re in a roomful of your closest friends and somebody says, “Why don’t you get up and imitate the friend to your left?” Nobody would want to do that, ever!

MP: You told me, “I love you, but your accent drives me crazy!”

AJ: tried to get you right—your hair and that accent that changes all the time. And at one point Mad did say, “Why are you dressing like Adam’s mom every day?”

CL: How did you answer him?

AJ: It was hard. Mariane and I are similar as mothers in that we’re both very straightforward with our kids. We tell them everything. So carefully, very carefully, I told Maddox that Adam’s mommy went through something very heavy that a lot of the world was aware of, that she’d handled it in a great way and so we’re telling the story, because a lot of people need to hear it.
But much more than how Mariane looks or acts, I wanted to express her essence. I’ve come to respect her so much as a hardworking person, a serious journalist, a great mom and an emotional, real woman, and I want the audience to connect with her the way I feel she deserves to be connected with. And that was hard, because I had to express the worst time in her life and [in the scene where Mariane is told of Danny’s death] the moment when she received the worst information of her life. It became the worst acting day of my life—and really, the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

MP: I know [watching] the movie is going to be very difficult for me, because I miss my husband. But I completely trust Angle, and that helps. For Adam, it’s important that we didn’t make this film of his father’s life with strangers; he loves Brad and Angie, he adores Maddox, and that we’ve done this together is comforting for him. When he sees the movie—and he won’t see it yet, not now—he won’t feel that someone is saving, “This is your story,” when he has no connection to it. So I’ve gone through a lot of emotions about this movie, but I have no worries about that. No worries at all.

AJ: That was one of the reasons doing this movie was so hard for me; I know Adam and I know he’s going to see it. I want him to know how much his parents madly, madly loved each other. Danny Futterman [who plays Daniel Pearl in the film] and I would talk about that: “God, are we going to be connected enough? Are we going to be desperately in love, like Danny and Mariane were?” You know, I usually can’t watch things I’m in. But I was able to watch this and think about them as a couple and smile a lot. And I think people will find that at the core of this movie is a beautiful love story.

CL: Mariane, how do you think Danny would’ve felt about the idea of this movie?

MP: I think he would be really proud. You know, he’s the person I did it for. If it were just for me, I wouldn’t have done a movie at all. But without the book and movie, he would’ve been known more for the way he died than the way he lived. I couldn’t accept that. They killed him as a symbol—this supposed Jewish “CIA agent”—and at a particularly symbolic time after September 11. Terrorism relies on making people into stereotypes, BO to me, showing him as a person is the ultimate counterterrorism message.

AJ: We took very seriously that this was a real story about a real family. Brad and I went to meet Ruth and Judea [Danny’s parents]; we wanted everyone involved to feel the movie said something they believed in.

CL: Let’s talk about your friendship. You two seem to have the same DNA: You have both intentionally created international lives….

AJ: [Laughs.] I think so!

CL: And you both seem totally fearless, doing things that I think would scare a lot of people, from living through what you lived through, Mariane, to adopting a three-year-old or flying your own plane, Angelina. Are you actually the same person?

AJ: [Laughs.] I do think we have a lot in common. Mainly we love being moms together, and I think that’s the core of who we are. You know, I tend usually to talk to some of my friends about my kids, or to some about my work, but Mariane and I fall into natural kinds of conversations, and I always walk away thinking I . Great friendships like that bring up the best in you.

MP: That’s true.

AJ: I’m sure we’d also have fun if we went out and had too many drinks!

MP: That’s the thing: She makes me happy and we can laugh.

AJ: We’re goofy friends.

MP: Goofy. Exactly. And no one can be, you know, serious all the time. You don’t have to be.

CL: So Angelina hasn’t gotten you to get a tattoo yet?

MP: No. She’s working on mo. [Laughs.]

CL: Angelina, explain a tittle bit about how you took your first humanitarian trip with the U.N.

AJ: I’d traveled to Cambodia [shooting the first Tomb Raider movie] and had seen refugees there. When I got back, I got books and books of information, and one of them was from the U.N. I looked at a chapter on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and was stunned that there were so many refugees [estimates put the figure at 20 million]. I was shocked that I hadn’t known about them, and I was shocked that I hadn’t heard more about UNHCR. It was a moment where the whole world literally looked differ¬ent to me. So I picked up the phone and called the U.N. In some ways it was a hard call to make, because I felt like a little kid calling them: “Don’t mean to bother you, but….”

CL: But you did it.

AJ: I said, “I’m a young American and an actor and maybe in time, if you feel comfortable with me, I could help with this issue.” And three weeks later, I was in Sierra Leone.

CL: You were also in Pakistan, where Danny was kidnapped, right before 9/11, right?

AJ: Yes, I felt I had to go to Pakistan-there were 2 million people in camps there [and the numbers were rising] because of mass exodus from the Taliban in Afghanistan. Before I went, I got a warning from the State Department that there was this person Osama Bin Laden in neighboring Afghanistan who hates Americans. But I went anyway, and I met incredible Afghan families along that border.

CL: Then after 9/11, you received death threats for speaking out in their support?

AJ: I went on a show a few days after 9/11—just as [troops] were going into Afghanistan—to say that we needed to be focused on the Afghan people, the refugee families. We were focused on the Taliban as an enemy, and these people were their victims too. And I got a phone call and two letters that said, very aggressively, how dare I say that we should help any¬one else after September 11. We should be helping everybody in New York and that’s it, f~k you, I hope your family dies, you’re anti-American. And I was shocked—so shocked that I was actually nervous the first time I went back to New York a few months later.
I found it very sad that caring for people on an international level could be mistaken for being anti-American. I think that to be conscious of the dignity of all peoples is American.

CL: Speaking of politics, I think of you both as being politically aware but also pretty nonpartisan. Is that true? Is it intentional?
MP: Personally, I believe there is a limitation to how much politics can change the world—but there’s no limitation to how much individuals can change the world. I think we’re both much more interested in role models. I mean, the column 1 do with Glamour and the work I’m doing with Angie are ways of searching for role models—they’re what we’re missing most in this world. I relied on them growing up. Victor Hugo was my big hero, and Nelson Mandela.

CL: Angelina, who have your heroes been? Who’s a leader to you?

AJ: Oh, God.

MP: That’s a figure of speech, not an answer, right, Angie?

AJ: [Laughs.] My mom. She was a truly generous, warm individual who led a very private life, but walked through it with so much kindness and grace. When she passed [in January], the number of letters we got from people who were affected by her—somebody who did nothing but just always be kind—was such a testament to the idea that life is not about how many books you’ve written, or how many films you’ve done, but it’s the kind of feeling you have left in the world and the impression you have made on others. She would spend months trying to just work out my birthday parties. She would spend a full day trying to compose the nicest letter to thank somebody for something they did. Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it’s just as important to sit down and ask my son how he’s feeling or
talk to him about life. You realize that we have all these big ideas, but if we don’t have that central warmth, it’s nothing.

CL: Now that you both have children, do you find yourselves thinking of your moms as you parent?

AJ: Oh, I do all the time. You know, this is the first Easter since my mom passed, and I never really focused on holidays—I almost made a point of not caring about that kind of thing—but you know, I remember every little Easter basket she ever made me. And this year I suddenly feel, I’ve got to do all that, and I’ve got to do it with a lot of thought and a lot of time, because my kids will remember.

MP: My mother was the most inspiring person I’ve ever met. She was a very ordinary woman, hut she was so warm. She had a lot of life force in her, and my father [who suffered from depression and committed suicide when Mariane was nine] was the opposite. When she passed away, people of all religions and all social statuses were at her funeral. It’s one reason I focus on mothers in my Glamour columns; I really do feel mothers can change individuals. My brother and I are pretty OK for people whose father killed himself, and that’s because of my mom: She mined us. Life is bizarre; she was widowed at age 36, and I at age 35. But her strength freed us from living under the shadow [of my father’s death]. I want to free Adam, and I know it’s possible because she freed me. And it’s why I feel such a strong connection with Angie, because you know, she had her own relationship issues, and issues with her father [actor Jon Voight], and she is giving back to her kids a kind of strength and example.

AJ: My mom always made it really clear tome that I was her friend. When we were talking, I always felt that she wanted to hear what I had to say. She enjoyed me, and I feel I’m enjoying my kids. We play together, we dance—and even though they’re all from different backgrounds, they all feel like they’re part of the same family. Frankly, if anybody ever tells me that I mother like my mother did, it’ll be the greatest compliment.

MP: Same for me. It’s one thing that I’ll always be proud of: My son walks with my mom’s spirit. And his father’s spirit. At the end of the day, he’ll become a young man who’s blossoming. Terrorists tried to take that away from him—and ultimately, his life is my victory.

The majority of German liked Hitlar. Do you know Hitlar used great PR, Joseph Goebbels. He was very good at using media and succeeded to create good image of Hitlar and manipulated German people. Like Jennifer used S. Huvane to create the image of good girl Jen and the victim Jen.

So PR person says Jane and Amara are behaving like manipulated German majority ? Yes, they were desperate at the end of the war. At that time Japanese people were also so dulusional and many young pilots suicide attacked US airplanes. They believed they were doing right thing.

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amara Says:

Can you explain why was Angelina behaviors atrocious ? and what is the meaning of classy ? of course , Brangelina fans can stop bashing Maniston if her lunatic fans like you can stop bashing Angelina, that’s fair play isn’t it ? In WW11, the German peoples were brainwash by the calculative and manipulative Hitler through his powerful control media. just like Jen who have a powerful PR team led by HW guru Stepjen Huvane, who manipulated the media and created the american shxtheart Jen. Aniston.

Amara and Jane are two peoples brainwash by the manipulative Huvaniston PR team.

dragonfly, it’s not my theory. It’s common idea among Japanese women.
” You look great. Your skin is glowing. Must be very satisfied with your husband ” is casual talk among outspoken women. Is this only in Japan ?

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konnitiwa Says:

May 7th, 2007 at 10:24 am - flag comment
dragonfly, it’s not my theory. It’s common idea among Japanese women.
” You look great. Your skin is glowing. Must be very satisfied with your husband ” is casual talk among outspoken women. Is this only in Japan ?

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No, I don’t think it is only in Japan that people say that, because I have known people who swear a goos sex life keeps you healthy and glowing. I think Angie is one happy lady! ;)!

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mine Says:

May 7th, 2007 at 4:18 am - flag comment
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You know who’s evil??? Judgmental people like you! Why hate on somebody you don’t even know???

Besane, dragonfly, I agree with you. Their family life is not so different from ours. I believe they are spending everyday life as you two described above and that very normal life with children must be their pride and joy.