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| Emotional Jolie takes no prisoners | Emotional Jolie takes no prisoners |
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| By Liam Allen Entertainment reporter, BBC News Advertisement | By Liam Allen Entertainment reporter, BBC News Advertisement |
| Angelina Jolie in Changeling - clip courtesy of Universal Pictures. | |
| The excitement in the room is palpable. | The excitement in the room is palpable. |
| The buzz, which manifests itself as lively chatter, is not one usually associated with experienced and sometimes cynical journalists. | The buzz, which manifests itself as lively chatter, is not one usually associated with experienced and sometimes cynical journalists. |
| And with the star of the show apparently running late, all eyes turn to the door each time it opens - only to be disappointed by the sight of late colleagues rather than a late Angelina Jolie. | And with the star of the show apparently running late, all eyes turn to the door each time it opens - only to be disappointed by the sight of late colleagues rather than a late Angelina Jolie. |
| The 33-year-old is in London to promote new film Changeling - the harrowing true story of Christine Collins whose son, Walter, went missing in Los Angeles in 1928. | The 33-year-old is in London to promote new film Changeling - the harrowing true story of Christine Collins whose son, Walter, went missing in Los Angeles in 1928. |
| When the press conference - at the swanky Claridge's hotel - eventually begins, Jolie explains that "the hardest thing" about playing Collins was that the character is relatively passive. | When the press conference - at the swanky Claridge's hotel - eventually begins, Jolie explains that "the hardest thing" about playing Collins was that the character is relatively passive. |
| As a mum, it was horrible and I had my kids with me as much as possible at work and, after doing the day at work, I would just run home and I just wanted to be silly Angelina Jolie on Changeling Jolie's tears for her late mother | As a mum, it was horrible and I had my kids with me as much as possible at work and, after doing the day at work, I would just run home and I just wanted to be silly Angelina Jolie on Changeling Jolie's tears for her late mother |
| "I couldn't relate to it," says Jolie, suggesting her reputation as a tough cookie is not too wide of the mark. | "I couldn't relate to it," says Jolie, suggesting her reputation as a tough cookie is not too wide of the mark. |
| But within seconds, Jolie - looking stunning in a plain dark olive green jumper - is fighting back tears. | But within seconds, Jolie - looking stunning in a plain dark olive green jumper - is fighting back tears. |
| And the journalists have their story. | And the journalists have their story. |
| She pauses to compose herself as she explains how she based her performance on her "really, really sweet" actress mother, Marcheline Bertrand - who died last year. | She pauses to compose herself as she explains how she based her performance on her "really, really sweet" actress mother, Marcheline Bertrand - who died last year. |
| It is this softer, emotional side of Jolie that pervades the rest of the press conference as she talks affectionately about her family. | It is this softer, emotional side of Jolie that pervades the rest of the press conference as she talks affectionately about her family. |
| 'Very goofy' | 'Very goofy' |
| Jolie says Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood, was "a very hard film for all of us to make". | Jolie says Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood, was "a very hard film for all of us to make". |
| Jolie is being tipped for a best actress Oscar for Changeling | Jolie is being tipped for a best actress Oscar for Changeling |
| The movie, which is being tipped for best picture and best actress Oscars, tells the story of Collins's fight for the truth after police officers return a different child to her, claiming it is her son. | The movie, which is being tipped for best picture and best actress Oscars, tells the story of Collins's fight for the truth after police officers return a different child to her, claiming it is her son. |
| When she tries to force them to admit they have the wrong boy and to resume the search, she is thrown into a psychiatric ward. | When she tries to force them to admit they have the wrong boy and to resume the search, she is thrown into a psychiatric ward. |
| "As a mum, it was horrible and I had my kids with me as much as possible at work and, after doing the day at work, I would just run home and I just wanted to be silly. | "As a mum, it was horrible and I had my kids with me as much as possible at work and, after doing the day at work, I would just run home and I just wanted to be silly. |
| "It was so emotional that I found myself just being very, very goofy." | "It was so emotional that I found myself just being very, very goofy." |
| She says her four-month old twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon, are "upstairs - hopefully sleeping". | She says her four-month old twins, Vivienne Marcheline and Knox Leon, are "upstairs - hopefully sleeping". |
| 'Wrapping presents' | 'Wrapping presents' |
| Asked if she and the other half of Hollywood's most famous couple, Brad Pitt, plan to expand their family - which already numbers six children - Jolie replies: "Sure you can." Jolie says she and Pitt are looking forward to "doing the stockings" | Asked if she and the other half of Hollywood's most famous couple, Brad Pitt, plan to expand their family - which already numbers six children - Jolie replies: "Sure you can." Jolie says she and Pitt are looking forward to "doing the stockings" |
| A big family Christmas is planned in the "Brangelina" household, she says. | A big family Christmas is planned in the "Brangelina" household, she says. |
| "We're usually exhausted by Christmas Eve. | "We're usually exhausted by Christmas Eve. |
| "We love it - it's that fun of sitting up in the middle of the night and wrapping the presents together and doing the stockings and all that kind of stuff. | "We love it - it's that fun of sitting up in the middle of the night and wrapping the presents together and doing the stockings and all that kind of stuff. |
| "It's kind of the best thing about being a mom and dad." | "It's kind of the best thing about being a mom and dad." |
| Such is the graceful emotion exuded by Jolie that, when a journalist asks how she is feeling in herself after the recent "extremes" of losing her mother and giving birth to twins, she actually thanks him for asking. | Such is the graceful emotion exuded by Jolie that, when a journalist asks how she is feeling in herself after the recent "extremes" of losing her mother and giving birth to twins, she actually thanks him for asking. |
| But anyone who thinks she has lost her edge should think again. | But anyone who thinks she has lost her edge should think again. |
| Jolie won the best supporting actress Oscar for Girl, Interrupted in 2000 | Jolie won the best supporting actress Oscar for Girl, Interrupted in 2000 |
| The same press man's follow-up question is met with an icy stare. | The same press man's follow-up question is met with an icy stare. |
| "There was a lot of focus on how thin you looked during the shooting of the film and in the film. I just wondered if you're healthier now?" he asks. | "There was a lot of focus on how thin you looked during the shooting of the film and in the film. I just wondered if you're healthier now?" he asks. |
| "I think that's an odd question," she replies simply. | "I think that's an odd question," she replies simply. |
| As the press conference goes on, it can only be a matter of time before someone asks Jolie the killer question - how does she respond to Jennifer Aniston's claims that she romanced Pitt while he was still married to the Friends actress? | As the press conference goes on, it can only be a matter of time before someone asks Jolie the killer question - how does she respond to Jennifer Aniston's claims that she romanced Pitt while he was still married to the Friends actress? |
| Whoever asks it may well get the cold shoulder from an actress who clearly takes no prisoners. | Whoever asks it may well get the cold shoulder from an actress who clearly takes no prisoners. |
| But the chance of taking the prize of a headline-grabbing retort back to editors is surely too good to miss. Isn't it? | But the chance of taking the prize of a headline-grabbing retort back to editors is surely too good to miss. Isn't it? |
| No-one dares ask. | No-one dares ask. |