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Even though Angelina Jolie’s daughter Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is dedicated to her mother’s humanitarian work, she’s never really been the acting world’s biggest fan. In fact, at one point she turned down a role alongside her mother in the hit Disney film. Maleficent.
Let’s go back to 2014, when everyone couldn’t wait to see Jolie play the iconic Disney villain and learn all about the instant success. In an interview at the time for a now-archived Elle article (via Desimartini), the Oscar winner dropped the bombshell that Shiloh almost played young Aurora!
She revealed: “I asked Shiloh if she was Aurora, and she laughed in my face. She said she would be a horned creature.
While Shiloh turned down the adorable role, the role was later given to Jolie’s youngest daughter, Vivienne. Most of the little girls who auditioned for the role ended up being terrified of Jolie in her Maleficent costume, with the exception of little Vivienne!
MALEFICENT, from left: Angelina Jolie as Maleficent, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 2014. ph: Frank Connor/©Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection.
As we said, Vivienne played the role of a little Aurora (played by Elle Fanning). During her scene she looked Maleficent hypnotized and tried to play with her, with Maleficent finally sending him on his merry way.
Maleficent tells the story of Sleeping Beauty, but it is the supposedly true story from Maleficent’s point of view. It instantly became a favorite for many, earning an Oscar nomination and a well-received sequel to the franchise soon after.
THE Salt The star and ex-husband Brad Pitt welcomed six children named Maddox, 21, Pax, 19, Zahara, 18, Shiloh, 17, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 15.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 25: Angelina Jolie with children Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt and Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt attend at “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” Special Screening at Crosby Street Hotel on February 25, 2019 in New York. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Netflix)
And fun fact: all of their kids had cameos in their movies! Five of them spoke in Kung Fu Panda 3and alongside this, Shiloh played an uncredited role in the The Strange Case of Benjamin ButtonMaddox had an uncredited role in World War Z, and Zahara had an uncredited role in Maleficent.
In a previous interview with Entertainment Weekly via US, Jolie explained that her children had small roles in her and Pitt’s films. “We think it’s fun for our kids to make appearances and join us on set, but not to be actors. This is not our objective…”
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