Angelina Jolie's second directorial debut deals with the inspiring life of WWII hero and Olympian Louis Zamperini. In this new movie entitled Unbroken, the Academy Award winning actress developed a close, personal bond with the subject of her film, the then 97 year old man who happened to be her neighbor in Los Angeles, California.
In a new cover article for Vanity Fair magazine's December 2014 issue, the actress revealed what it was like filming the life story of someone who had gotten close to her. She recalled how she was emotionally touched by watching his life story brought to life on screen through Angelina Jolie's Unbroken.
"It was an extremely moving experience to watch someone watching their own life...someone so physically strong... and they are at the stage where their body is giving up," the Maleficent star shared. "And being a man of such faith, he talked about all the people he believed he would be seeing on the other side. And that it would bring him peace. After a life of fighting, he could rest."
Zamperini's life is indeed a fascinating one. In Angelina Jolie's Unbroken, the man is shown participating in the 1936 Berlin Olympic games as part of the track and field team. Zamperini was talented enough to be noticed by Adolf Hitler himself. The track star would then sign on to be part of the U.S. Army Air Corps, where his plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean in 1943. He was adrift for more than 40 days before being captured by Japanese fishermen and locked up for two years. Zamperini was tortured brutally during those years in prison.
And if her career is going strong, so is her personal life. The actress recently made headlines when she wed longtime partner Brad Pitt in a private, intimate wedding ceremony. Still in the magazine interview, Angelina revealed what went into making their vows. It turns out, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's kids wrote their vows for them! "They did not expect us never to fight, but they made us promise to always say, 'Sorry,' if we do. So they said, 'Do you?,' and we said, 'We do!' "
