Angelina Jolie Says She Lives in LA Due to Her Divorce: ‘I Must Be Right here’

Angelina Jolie is just not precisely an Angeleno by alternative. In a brand new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 49-year-old actor revealed she lives in LA “as a result of I’ve to be right here from a divorce.”

Jolie has been wrapped up in contentious authorized battles with Brad Pitt since their cut up in 2016—together with disputes over their vineyard and custody of their six kids: Maddox, 23; Pax, 20; Zahara, 19; Shiloh, 18; and 16-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox. Simply final yr, Jolie revealed she in the reduction of on her filming schedule seven years in the past with a purpose to deal with her kids’s wants—and proper now, that features residing in Los Angeles.

“As quickly as [the twins] are 18, I’ll be capable to go away,” she instructed THR. “When you’ve a giant household, you need them to have privateness, peace, security. I’ve a home now to boost my kids, however typically this place might be…that humanity that I discovered internationally is just not what I grew up with right here.”

Sooner or later, Jolie says she’ll “spend a whole lot of time in Cambodia,” including, “I’ll spend time visiting my members of the family wherever they might be on the planet.”

Regardless of the place she’s dwelling, Angelina Jolie’s kids are at all times high of thoughts—even on the subject of her movie profession. After her new movie, Maria, and another initiatives, Jolie hopes to tackle “some larger directing initiatives” and check out her hand at taking part in a “villain.” And no, Maleficent does not rely.

“She’s a superb man. My villains find yourself being good guys. I suppose each villain is often simply somebody in ache,” she stated. “To be sincere, it might be good to only do one thing perhaps somewhat lighter. So my kids can hear me snigger somewhat extra. As an artist, there’s part of me that thinks I want to discover a method to do one thing that will make individuals smile.”