Angelina Jolie is one of the most renowned and well-respected actresses in Hollywood. She has seen the heights of success after being a part of massive projects like the Tomb Raider franchise, Wanted, Salt, The Tourist, and the Maleficent series to name a few.
Though she is an actress, at the start of her career Jolie did more than just act. The actress would also model from time to time. She also wished to direct projects in the future. So with such a bright future, why did the actress almost quit acting altogether?
Why Was Angelina Jolie Skeptical About Doing Gia?
1998’s Gia was a biopic about the model Gia Carangi and her life. The movie dealt with extremely sensitive subjects and was quite dark. These themes made Angelina Jolie, initially not too keen on taking up the role. She was afraid that these heavy topics would not be handled all too well. She did, however, eventually take up the role.
“When I read the script I had lots of reasons for not wanting to do it,” Jolie once told The New York Times. ”I didn’t trust that they would deal with drugs and AIDS in the right way. I was worried that they were going to make it a pretty story.”
After the movie came out, Jolie saw quite a big growth in her popularity. The actress exposed quite a bit herself and was incredibly vulnerable on screen. Due to this, she was afraid that her career would follow the trajectory of Gia Carangi as similar things happened with the late model. Due to this, she was considering quitting acting.
Angelina Jolie Talks About Her Traumatic Modelling Incidents
The movie Gia brought back Angelina Jolie’s own set of traumatic occurrences that happened in the years of her profession. The Eternals actress opened up about what it was like for her to get into the modeling industry as a 14-year-old girl.
“I tried modeling when I was 14 and failed miserably,” she continued. ”Like Gia, I was a bit of a dirty punk, but it was interesting to clean up and start feeling like a girl. I was told I had all these problems I needed to fix. I was told to lose weight, and I was thin already. They actually put me in a room in a bathing suit and measured every part of me. I felt terrible.”
Jolie talked about how starting out in this industry, she was told on multiple occasions that she wasn’t skinny enough to work in the field and had to lose weight. In one such instance, the Oscar-winning actress was put in a room with only a bathing suit on and her entire body was measured. This deeply scarred the actress and she feels terrible to this day.
Source: CheatSheet
