Angelina Jolie opened up in Entertainment Weekly’s March 18 in a Q&A about playing the role of Maleficent in Disney’s upcoming Sleeping Beauty remake.
She said she would prepare for the role by bringing home the costume and admitted she was “nutso” for a period of time as she got into character.
“I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world," she told EW. "But I did have to take my staff home to practice walking with it in my cloak, and then I would go outside and scream at the bushes to expand my voice and play with my voice. So, mom was a bit nutso for a period."
She admitted she had to play around with her voice to get it right, experimenting with different tones and accents. She also said she used her kids - - Maddox, 12, Pax, 10, Zahara, 9, Shiloh, 7, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 5 - as a sort of sound board to see which voice they responded to the best.
Jolie, 38, said she “couldn't figure out her voice, I kept playing with these different types of British voices, making my voice darker and scarier."
She knew she found the right voice when “my kids were somehow smiling or thought that was funny.”
One of the biggest reasons she took on the role is to prove there’s another side to Maleficent than people think. “She is evil, but it's not all she is, and it's not fair that her story was left there," said Jolie.
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