Angelina Jolie is ready for the next chapter in her career. The Oscar winning actress, 45, is poised for a major return to the big screen with her upcoming film Those Who Wish Me Dead, and filming the movie has been incredibly therapeutic for the star. “I am drawn to people who have been through something and are broken and then find their way forward and overcome it,” Angelina shared in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.
“As an artist, it’s very healing to play people like that. She’s been very healing for me, because you just get so broken and then you stand back up,” she further explained of her role in the Taylor Sheridan-directed picture. The past few years have been incredibly trying for the actress. She’s endured a very public split from her longtime partner, Brad Pitt, and the two are still entangled in an intense custody battle over their children — Vivienne and Knox, 12, Shiloh, 14, Zahara, 16, and Pax, 17. The former couple also share son Maddox who is 19 years old.

The latest development in Angelina and Brad’s ongoing court case includes the actress having “proof and authority” of domestic violence committed by her former partner, 57. Angelina filed the documents on March 12. Since October 2020, the one-time Hollywood couple’s case has been ongoing in court, as Brad seeks 50/50 custody of the former couple’s children. There have, however, been increasing delays, including the exit of Angelina’s attorney Priya Sopori, who filed a “Notice of Withdrawal of Attorney of Record” with the Los Angeles Superior Court on October 9.

Those Who Wish Me Dead hits theaters and becomes available to stream on HBO Max on May 14.