An Intense Love

“It took me by surprise, too, says Jolie, because overnight, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common. And it’s scary but … I think it can happen when you get involved and you don’t know yourself yet.” Jolie stated in Vogue about the divorce. When still married to Thornton, Jolie adopted a Cambodian baby boy, named Maddox, now 6. He was her first adopted child.

Maddox – Adopted in Cambodia

Maddox Chivan is Angelina’s first child, whom she adopted from an orphanage in Battambang, Cambodia. Only a month after she applied to adopt, the U.S. banned adoptions from the country, due to a high rate of child trafficking. However, she was able to finalize the adoption and take Maddox to the U.S. in 2002. Angelina was married to Billy Bob when she adopted Maddox but had sole custody.

Collecting Bones, But No Accolades

Jolie joined Denzel Washington (Training Day) in The Bone Collector, an adapted crime novel written by Jeffery Deaver. Jolie played Amelia Donaghy, a police officer haunted by her cop father’s suicide, who reluctantly helps Washington track down a serial killer. The movie grossed $151 million worldwide, but was a critical failure: “Jolie, while always delicious to look at, is simply and woefully miscast.”

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