In a new interview, Angelina Jolie opened up about how Harvey Weinstein affected her relationship with her ex-husband Brad Pitt.
The actress first reiterated her experience with the disgraced Hollywood producer while filming 1998's Playing by Heart. “If you walk out of the room, you think she tried but didn't, right? ” she said. "The truth is that the attempt and the experience of the attempt is assault." (Weinstein has denied Jolie's experience in the past. She was just 21 at the time.)
The Those Who Wish Us Dead star went on to reveal that she later turned down a role in 2004's The Aviator opposite Leonardo DiCaprio to avoid working with the producer again. “I said no because he was involved. I never associated or worked with him again. It was hard for me when Brad did it."
While Jolie did not cite the specific project Pitt worked on with the convicted S offender, The Weinstein Company co-financed 2009's Inglorious Basterds and also served as distributor for 2012's Killing Them Softly after Pitt approached Weinstein to produce the film, something Jolie inferred was against her wishes at the time. “We fight for that. Of course, it hurt,” she concluded.
What makes Jolie's comments even more interesting is the fact that Pitt previously clashed with Weinstein in the 1990s after he harassed Pitt's then-girlfriend, Gwyneth Paltrow. In a 2018 interview, Pitt recalled that she approached Weinstein and told him, "If you ever make her uncomfortable again, I'm going to kill you." Pitt is also currently producing a film about the Weinstein scandal, titled She Said, through his production company, Plan B Entertainment.
