Angelina Jolie has stopped being tagged only as the beguiling actress of Hollywood for quite some time now. News about the newly wedded star have encompassed a great deal of fields, varying from movies to the ‘’once in a while’’ press involvement in her personal life, her relationship with Fury actor, Brad Pitt. Angelina Jolie is also famous for her humanitarian work, which commenced sometime around the year 2001, while filming Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in Cambodia. In 2012, the versatile public figure had spent “more than a decade of service as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador”. I am not stating that Angelina Jolie has ever since stopped posing as femme fatale, as she is still being considered one of the most beautiful women by numerous publications and worldwide public. What I am attempting to underline is that her image has widened over many spectrums as time passed.
Recent media seems to be focusing on Angelina Jolie building a character as a female director, bringing forward the ability of women to shine in as many domains as possible, in accordance with contemporary feminist movements. It is no wonder, considering the fact that Angelina Jolie is credited as director of Unbroken (2014), By the Sea (2015) and has already announced yet another project, entitled Africa.
Unbroken focuses on the World War II unfortunate experience of Lois Zamperini, Olympic distance runner as captive of Japanese forces. Its release date is set for 25 December this year, a day with deep and meaningful significance all over the world. The movie is based on the bestselling book by Laura Hillenbrand (published in 2010) and has as main screenplay writers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, commonly known as The Coen Brothers, directors of Oscar winning movies such as No Country for Old Men (2007). The cast includes names like Jack O’Connell (who plays Lois Zamperini), Domhnall Gleeson or Jai Courtney.
Takamasa Ishihara, known in Japan as pop star Miyavi, who plays the part of Watanabe, a sadistic camp leader, confessed to publications: “It was awful torture for me to hate the other actors — I had to have hatred for them”.