Angelina Jolie was exchanged for a role by Harvey Weinstein, and quarreled with Brad Pitt?

In an interview with The Guardian, when asked about "the first time she felt disrespected enough in the film industry", Angelina Jolie replied: "No surprise, it was Harvey Weinstein. worked with him when I was young."

Angelina Jolie mentioned being sexually harassed by film producer Harvey Weinstein in the late 1990s while promoting Playing by Heart. Harvey flirted and tried to harass Jolie in the hotel room, but she managed to escape. Jolie once told The New York Times in 2018, starting the Me Too movement: "I had a bad experience with Harvey Weinstein when I was young, so I chose to never work with him. him again".

Angelina said in the new interview: "I managed to escape, then stay away from him and warn everyone. I remember telling Jonny, my first husband - a great supporter, that tell this to other men so their girlfriends don't go alone with Harvey I was offered a role in The Aviator but I flatly refused because he was involved in this project I never work with him again."

However, Angelina Jolie said she was in a dilemma when Brad Pitt accepted to participate in the film produced by Harvey Weinstein. Brad starred in The Weinstein Company's Inglourious Basterds in 2009, and later in the Weinstein film Killing Them Softly.

Angelina said: "It was difficult for me when Brad worked with him. We had an argument about that. It was painful, of course." Angelina said Brad continued to work with Weinstein despite knowing what had happened to her. After being unable to stop Brad, Angelina refused to go to the red carpet to promote the movie with him.

Before Angelina's interview, sources close to Brad Pitt told TMZ that the actress was misinterpreting the situation. The source claims Brad Pitt never collaborated with Harvey Weinstein but was simply cast in a movie that was later distributed by The Weinstein Company.

Harvey Weinstein has been one of the most powerful filmmakers in Hollywood for decades. In 2018, Angelina Jolie and many other actors such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Asia Argento, Rose McGowan ... simultaneously denounced Harvey's harassment, soliciting love in exchange for roles when they were just starting their careers. The Hollywood mogul was arrested in May 2018 and found guilty in March 2020, receiving a 23-year prison sentence.

However, shortly after Angelina Jolie's statement, Harvey Weinstein through his assistant stated on TMZ: "I never attacked and never intended to harass her. That is an allegation that is not true. true and provocative. You're Angelina Jolie, I'm sure every man and woman in the world wants to show love to you. So the whole world is attacking you?"

From prison, Harvey Weinstein complained that Angelina made up stories to attract attention when promoting her new book, Know Your Rights - a guide to teenagers understanding their rights. However, this is not the first time Angelina has mentioned this. In 2018, the Wanted star was among the first actresses to denounce the film producer for harassing them when they were just starting out. The revelations of Angelina Jolie and many other actors such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Asia Argento, Rose McGowan ... in The New York Times at that time paved the way for the Mee Too movement - against sexual abuse in the entertainment industry.

Also in an interview with The Guardian, a journalist asked Angelina if there was anything that happened to her that made her fear that her children were not guaranteed their rights, the 46-year-old star replied that because she was in a custody case. so I can't say specifically about that. However, according to The Guardian, Angelina "confirmed by nodding that she was alluding to her divorce and the domestic abuse allegations she has brought against Brad Pitt". When asked if she feared for the safety of her children, Angelina replied: "Yes, for my family. My whole family."

Angelina's eldest son, 19-year-old Maddox, is said to have testified in her custody case against Brad, but in the interview, "Mrs. Smith" said that Maddox "was refused to speak in advance. court". There have been allegations that Brad was verbally and physically abusive to children, including an incident on a private jet in August 2016 where Brad allegedly slapped Maddox while intoxicated. Angelina revealed: "It doesn't have to start with that violation (the plane incident). It's much more complicated than that."

Jolie said the intense custody battle between them was "terrible" and she did not regret her decision to divorce Pitt. "It took me a long time to make the decision to part with the father of my children," the actress confided. She also said she has endured much trauma and loss over the past five years. Talking about the future, Angelina Jolie wants her family to move forward together: "All of us, including the father of the children. I want us to heal and be at peace. We will always be a family." .

Angelina Jolie refers to Brad Pitt "upper leg lower forearm"? Hà Hà18:29:14 04/09/2021Recently, in the promotion of a new book called Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth - a guide for teenagers to understand their basic rights - Angelina Jolie shared many hidden corners in the family. She surprised the audience. The Guardian journalist asked...