Angelina Jolie once hired a hitman to plan her own murder as she battled suicidal thoughts in the past.
The Oscar-winning actress, 49, who is still embroiled in a divorce battle with Brad Pitt, 60, first revealed in 2001 that she spoke to a killer during a “pretty grim” time in her life when she was 22.
She told IMDB: “This is going to sound crazy, but there was a point where I almost hired someone to kill me.”
She said she would have preferred to be killed rather than take her own life, as death would have been easier for her loved ones to cope with.
Opening up further in 2003 Face In an interview, he said of locating a hitman: “They’re not that hard to find in New York. As crazy as it sounds, I think a lot of people think about suicide when they’re young.”
Angelina Jolie once hired a hitman to plan her own murder while battling suicidal thoughts at age 22 (pictured in 1997, aged 22)
The Oscar-winning actress, 49, who is still embroiled in a divorce battle with Brad Pitt, 60, first revealed in 2001 that she spoke to a killer during a “pretty grim” time in her life aged 22 (pictured last month).
‘I was very aware that many people around me, like my mother, would feel like they weren’t giving enough or doing enough if I took my own life. So my solution to that was that if someone else had taken my life – as in a ‘robbery’ – then it would be murder and no one would feel like they had let me down.
Jolie said that she planned to ‘withdraw cash over a certain period of time, so there wasn’t a large portion left in my bank account’ to the killer.
However, the killer had a surprising response: Jolie said: “He was a decent enough guy and asked if I could think about it and call him back in two months. Something changed in my life and I decided I had to persevere.
In 2011, Jolie hinted at a dark past when she told 60 Minutes: “I’ve been through tougher, darker times and I survived. I didn’t die young, so I’m very lucky. There are other artists and people who didn’t survive certain things.”
“I think people can imagine that I did the most dangerous and the worst thing,” he said at the time.
“There are many reasons why I shouldn’t be here. Think of all those times when you were close to things that were too dangerous, when you took too many risks.”
Speaking about her younger years in a conversation with Time, Jolie said that being a mother to her six children had allowed her to grow as a person.
She said: ‘I wasn’t a very stable young woman. In fact, I never thought I could be a mother to anyone. I remember the decision to become a mother. It wasn’t hard to love. What was hard was knowing that from that moment on I had to be the one to make sure everything was okay.
She told IMDB: “This is going to sound crazy, but there was a time when I was going to hire someone to kill me.” She said she would have preferred to have been murdered rather than take her own life, as death would have been easier for her loved ones to deal with. Pictured in 1998.
However, the killer had a surprising response: Jolie said: “He was a pretty decent person and asked me if I could think about it and call him back in two months” – photo from 1998
The star is now one of Hollywood’s most iconic actresses and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 25 for her role in the 1999 film, Girl, Interrupted.
In an interview with The Times in November 2021, she said: “I’ve had a very fortunate life, but I’ve had my own challenges. I’ve had post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
“You often feel that sense of being broken and wondering what you’re capable of, and worrying that you’re not enough to protect and care for those you love.”
Pitt and Jolie began dating publicly shortly after he and then-wife Jennifer Aniston announced their divorce in 2005.
The Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-stars remained single for years despite having several adopted and biological children together, but got engaged in 2012 and eventually married in 2014.
However, it was only two years later that the Maleficent actress filed for divorce in 2016. She and Pitt were declared legally single in 2019.
Pitt is now dating Ines de Ramon, 35.
This comes amid recent claims that Pitt and Jolie’s eight-year-old divorce is still ongoing as neither star can “let it go.”
A source said People “Their disagreements took over” the relationship, adding that things “got ugly and it wasn’t a good situation for anyone.”
‘All that bitterness is partly why the divorce has dragged on for so many years. Neither of them wants to let it go. You’d think they’d have gotten over it and just come to an agreement.’
The star is now a mother of six children: Maddox, 22, Pax, 20, Zahara, 19, Shiloh, 18, and Knox and Vivienne, 16.
Another source said: “They both had issues with each other. The differences built up over time. It’s very sad for the children, but also for the parents. Divorce, especially one so high-profile, can be a challenge for the whole family.”
“They both care. They both care about the kids.”
The couple’s eldest daughter, Shiloh Jolie, is pressing ahead with her petition to legally remove the actor’s surname, publishing an advertisement in the LA Times newspaper.
Shiloh, who hired and paid for her own lawyer when she requested to stop using the surname Pitt on her 18th birthday in May, has requested to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie, according to the newspaper notice obtained by TMZ.
Announcement is a standard step before the court approves a name change.
Pitt has been embroiled in an ongoing divorce battle for years, apparently stemming from a 2016 incident on a plane in which Jolie accused Pitt of assaulting her; the family seen in 2011
The notice also provides that anyone who objects to the petition must appear in court by the end of this month.
A source close to the matter told Dailymail.com last month: ‘Shiloh hired her own lawyer and paid for it herself, so Angie doesn’t know about it and can’t speak about it.
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