Angelina Jolie once hired hitman to plan her own murder aged 22 - but assassin had surprising response to her grisly plan

Angelina Jolie erstwhile hired a hitman to scheme her ain execution arsenic she battled suicidal thoughts successful nan past. 

The Oscar-winning actress, 49, who is still embroiled successful a divorcement battle pinch Brad Pitt, 60, first revealed backmost successful 2001 that she said to an assassin during a 'rather bleak' clip successful her life aged 22.

She told IMDB: 'This is going to sound insane but location was a clip I was going to prosecute personification to termination me.'

She said she would alternatively person been murdered than return her ain life arsenic nan decease would person been easier for her loved ones to woody with. 

Opening up further successful a 2003  The Face question and reply she said of locating a hitman: 'They’re not that difficult to find successful New York. As insane arsenic it sounds, I deliberation a batch of group see termination erstwhile they’re young.

'I was very alert that truthful galore group astir me, for illustration my mother, would consciousness arsenic though they didn’t springiness capable aliases do enough, if I’d taken my ain life. So my solution to that was if personification other had taken my life – for illustration successful a ‘robbery’ – past it would beryllium execution and it wouldn’t beryllium that anyone would consciousness they’d fto maine down.

Jolie said she  planned to 'take retired rate complete a definite magnitude of time, truthful location wasn’t a large chunk successful my slope account' to nan killer. 

However nan hitman had a astonishing response, pinch Jolie saying: 'He was a decent capable personification and asked if I could deliberation astir it and telephone him again successful 2 months. Something changed successful my life and I figured I’d instrumentality it out.

In 2011 Jolie alluded to a acheronian past arsenic she told 60 Minutes: 'I went done heavier, darker times and I survived them. I didn't dice young, truthful I’m very lucky. There are different artists and group who didn’t past definite things.

'I deliberation group tin ideate that I did nan astir vulnerable and I did nan worst,' she said astatine nan time.

'For galore reasons I shouldn’t beryllium here. You deliberation of those excessively galore times wherever you came adjacent to excessively galore vulnerable things, excessively galore chances taken excessively far.'

Talking astir her younger years successful a speech pinch Time, Jolie said motherhood to her six children had enabled her to turn arsenic a person.

She said: 'I was not a very unchangeable youth. In fact, I ne'er thought I could beryllium anyone’s mom. I retrieve nan determination to go a parent. It wasn’t difficult to love. What was difficult was knowing that from now connected I needed to beryllium nan 1 to make judge everything was OK.

The prima is now 1 of Hollywood's astir iconic actresses, winning nan Best Supporting Actress Oscar aged 25 for her domiciled successful 1999 film, Girl, Interrupted.

Talking to The Times successful November 2021, she said: "I've had a very blessed life, but I've had my ain challenges. I've had PTSD.

"You often consciousness that emotion of being surgery and wondering what you're tin of, and being concerned you're not capable to beryllium capable to protect and attraction for those you love.'

Pitt and Jolie began making love publically soon aft he and his then-wife Jennifer Aniston announced their divorcement successful 2005. 

The Mr. And Mrs. Smith costars remained unmarried for years contempt having aggregate adopted and biologic children together, but they exchanged rings successful 2012 and yet tied nan knot successful 2014.

However, it was only astir 2 years later erstwhile nan Maleficent character revenge for divorcement successful 2016. She and Pitt were declared legally azygous successful 2019.

Pitt is now making love Ines de Ramon, 35.

This comes amid caller claims that Pitt and Jolie's divorcement - which has now dragged connected for 8 years - is still ongoing arsenic neither of nan stars tin 'let it go.

A root told People 'their disagreements took over' successful nan relationship, adding that things 'turned nasty and it was not a bully business for anyone.'

'All nan bitterness is partially why nan divorcement has dragged connected for truthful galore years. Neither will fto it go. You’d deliberation they would beryllium complete it and conscionable settle.'

A abstracted insider said: 'Both of them were having issues pinch each other. The differences added up complete time. It's really sad for nan children, but besides nan parents. Divorce, particularly 1 truthful high-profile, tin beryllium challenging for nan full family.

'They some care. They some attraction astir nan children.'

The couple's eldest kid Shiloh Jolie is moving up pinch her petition to legally driblet nan actor's surname - taking retired a newspaper advertisement successful The LA Times.

Shiloh, who hired and paid for her ain lawyer erstwhile she filed to driblet nan Pitt name on her 18th day successful May, filed to alteration her sanction from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie, per nan newspaper announcement obtained by TMZ.

The advertisement is simply a modular measurement earlier nan tribunal will o.k. a sanction change.

The announcement also states anyone who has objections to nan petition should show up successful tribunal later this month.  

A root adjacent to nan matter told Dailymail.com past month: ‘Shiloh hired her ain lawyer and paid for it herself, truthful Angie doesn’t cognize and can’t speak for it. 

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