Angelina Jolie Once Shared Why She Had a Difficult Time Doing Comedy
One of the reasons why Angelina Jolie wanted to do a romantic comedy movie was because she thought it would be a challenge.
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Angelina Jolie once revealed why she didnāt think sheād do well in a romantic comedy film.
by Antonio Stallings
Published on March 2, 2025
Angelina Jolie has done a variety of film genres including action, which she considered therapy, and drama. But a comedy was one genre that the actor was seldom seen in. This was mostly because Jolie naturally gravitated towards darker, more serious features.
Angelina Jolie | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicJolie isnāt a complete stranger to comedy. Sheās done a few movies that have a considerable amount of humor in them. Additionally, she also starred in Will Smithās animated picture Shark Tale, which also leaned heavily into comedy. But sheās seldom done a pure, lighthearted movie whose sole purpose was to make its viewers laugh. The closest she came to a romcom was the movie Life Or Something Like It. There, Jolie played a reporter who was told when sheād die, so even that film had a dark undertone to it. In a 2005 interview with NBC News, Jolie explained why sheād avoided comedies for so long.
āI mean, I guess weāre just ā for a long time, I was always much more comfortable in darker roles, in pain or quieter person and it takes a lot for me to feel that I have something to contribute in a light way, but I wouldnāt assume, yeah, Iām that fun friend that everybody feels at ease with, you know? And I would love to think I had more of that,ā she said.
But Jolie became more open to dipping her toe in the genre. Especially after becoming a mom for the first time.
āWell, I think having a kid, you know what I mean, heās really made me funny. So I guess he fixed that for me,ā she said.
Jolie still hasnāt tried her hand at a comedy film to this day, but she recently revealed sheās still entertaining the possibility. In an interview with Deadline (via Backstage), Jolie went into a little more detail about why she found comedy films so daunting.
āThereās a responsibility to the audience,ā she said. āThereās a part of me as an artist, of course, that wants to explore every different type of storytelling medium for myself. But Iām also very conscious of where I seem to connect and where maybe somebody else would be better. For comedy, Iām not sure I could entertain an audience and make them laugh and be what they need me to be. Itās [about] the exchangeāitās less about what I want to do and more [about] where an audience feels youāre effective.ā
There was one surprising feature that Jolie felt had a lot of rom-com elements to it. She was cast as the star in Maleficent, which made her the highest paid female actor at one point. Jolie felt that playing the iconic character gave her a taste of what doing a romcom could be like.
āI thinkĀ MaleficentĀ was the closest I got, I thought she was in love with Diaval,ā she said. āI thought it was a bit of a rom-com; I may have been on my own there,ā she once told E! News.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith also helped Jolie tap into what hidden comedic gifts she might have. Although Jolie asserted that she wasnāt all that confident in her comedic timing in the film.
āI was really uncomfortable and I was really unsure of myself, because Iāve never really done one. But everybody on this panel made me feel comfortable. I got scared,ā she once told IGN.
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