Angelina Jolie Retiring? Actress Drops Major Hints
Angelina Jolie has a box-office smash on her hands with the release of "Maleficent," but the actress recently hinted that she could be retiring after filming her upcoming film, which is a movie based on Cleopatra.
"For Cleopatra, we've been working on it," she told BBC radio. "There's been lots of different ideas of directors and a lot of different discussions. The script has been written by Eric Roth, who is a dear friend and a brilliant writer. She's complicated," Jolie said of Cleopatra, "it's complicated to get this one right. She's complicated, but I think we're getting there. It's very close. So if we can pull it off … I imagine that the preparation for it is going to be big."
Jolie has been working on the Cleopatra project for several years now, and it could be the culmination of her life's work. She has been acting since 1982, when she made her onscreen debut alongside her father, actor Jon Voight. Jolie is one of the most well-known and highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, and has the family of her dreams. It would be a good time for her to get out of the business, should she choose.
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"It's one of those [roles] you feel like maybe that's the one you put everything into and that's where you end it," Jolie said of the iconic role. "That's where you finish, in a great way. You kind of go, 'What could you do beyond that one?' Put it all into that one."
Elizabeth Taylor made the role of Cleopatra famous with her performance in 1963. Jolie, though, has never shied away from taking on iconic roles. "Maleficent" blew audiences away, with an astonishing $70 million revenue in the opening weekend alone.
"Angelina Jolie is a very big part of the overall equation," Walt Disney Studios' executive vice president, Dave Hollis said. "As a star, she's a draw that transcends culture and borders and language. There's a universal nature to the intrigue she creates."
