Angelina Jolie Says She 'Fought' With Brad Pitt For Working With Harvey Weinstein
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has revealed that she once "fought" with her former husband Brad Pitt for working with disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Hollywood
star
Angelina
Jolie
has
revealed
that
she
once
"fought" with
her
former
husband
Brad
Pitt
for
working
with
disgraced
movie
mogul
Harvey
Weinstein.
Jolie
recently
opened
up
her
life
and
experience
during
an
interview
with
The
Guardian
in
support
of
her
new
book,
"Know
Your
Rights
and
Claim
Them:
A
Guide
for
Youth".
Written
in
partnership
with
child
rights
lawyer
Geraldine
Van
Bueren
QC
and
Amnesty
International,
the
book
is
dedicated
to
ensuring
the
rights
of
children
around
the
world.
During
the
interview,
Jolie
was
asked
about
her
experience
of
being
disrespected
in
Hollywood.
"Well,
no
surprise,
Harvey
Weinstein.
I
worked
with
him
when
I
was
young,"
she
said.
Jolie
was
21
when
she
featured
in
Playing
By
Heart,
the
1988
movie
executive
produced
by
Weinstein.
In
2017,
the
producer
was
accused
by
numerous
women
of
sexual
assault
and
misconduct.
Following
the
multiple
accusations,
Weinstein
was
fired
by
his
own
company.
He
is
currently
in
prison
after
a
New
York
jury
convicted
him
for
the
rape
and
sexual
assault
of
two
women.
Jolie
had
previously
said
in
a
New
York
Times
piece
that
she
had
a
"bad
experience".
"If
you
get
yourself
out
of
the
room,
you
think
he
attempted
but
didn't,
right?
The
truth
is
that
the
attempt
and
the
experience
of
the
attempt
is
an
assault," the
Oscar-winning
actor
said
in
the
new
interview.
"It
was
beyond
a
pass.
It
was
something
I
had
to
escape.
I
stayed
away
and
warned
people
about
him.
I
remember
telling
Jonny
(Lee
Miller),
my
first
husband,
who
was
great
about
it,
to
spread
the
word
to
other
guys
–
don’t
let
girls
go
alone
with
him,"
she
added.
Jolie
revealed
that
she
was
offered
to
star
in
Martin
Scorsese's
2004
movie
The
Aviator
but
she
declined
as
Weinstein
was
involved
in
the
project.
"I
was
asked
to
do
The
Aviator,
but
I
said
no
because
he
was
involved.
I
never
associated
or
worked
with
him
again.
It
was
hard
for
me
when
Brad
did,"
she
said.
Jolie
and
Pitt
started
dating
soon
after
they
worked
on
the
2005
movie
Mr
and
Mrs
Smith.
The
couple
got
married
in
2014
but
in
2016,
Jolie
filed
for
divorce,
which
was
finalised
in
2019.
Pitt's
2009
film
Inglourious
Basterds
was
distributed
and
co-financed
by
the
Weinstein
Company.
Jolie
alleged
in
the
interview
that
against
her
wishes,
Pitt
approached
Weinstein
to
produce
his
2012
film
Killing
Them
Softly.
The
Weinstein
Company
ended
up
distributing
the
film.
"We
fought
about
it.
Of
course
it
hurt," the
actor
said.
In
a
2017
report
by
The
New
York
Times
that
led
to
the
downfall
of
Weinstein
in
Hollywood,
actor
Gwyneth
Paltrow
had
said
she
was
sexually
harassed
by
him.
Paltrow
had
revealed
that
she
told
Pitt,
her
then
boyfriend,
about
the
incident
and
he
later
confronted
Weinstein.