Angelina Jolie has described feeling “broken” before she took on her latest film role and questioned if she was strong and stable enough to pull herself through.
The Maleficent star, who split from former husband Brad Pitt in 2016 after a 10-year relationship, said it is important for her children to see her as a survivor.
In her new film, Those Who Wish Me Dead, directed by Hell Or High Water’s Taylor Sheridan, the 45-year-old plays a smokejumper – a specially trained wildland firefighter who provides an initial attack response to remote wildland fires.
Her character, Hannah, is still reeling after failing to save three people from a fire when she comes across a traumatised 12-year-old boy, Connor, played by Finn Little.