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Angelina Talks Catherine the Great

By Garth Franklin Tuesday September 7th 2004 08:47PM

Whilst out promoting her three Fall film roles in "Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow", "Shark Tale" & "Alexander"; the vivacious Angelina Jolie spoke about what's up next for her now that her assassin flick "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has wrapped. First up, don't expect anymore "Tomb Raider" films: "Look, I loved doing those movies, I learned so much and I had a great time, but I tend to not want to do them again." Jolie still hopes to produce a film based on another historical character, that of Russia's Catherine the Great - "I love those historical characters, but I do think that they need to be done right, which is why it's never been a situation where I'm certainly doing that. That one, the more I've researched her the more I think that her story is very complicated and needs to be done correctly, so I get nervous that they could be done wrong. I take it seriously especially if it's a whole people's country or a people's hero.

To step into that and say, 'Okay I'm going to be this woman that you revere or respect or like or dislike, she's a part of your history,' then I just take that more seriously. I want to make sure that it's how people see her and it represents who she actually was. So I'm fascinated by those kinds of women, such as Olympias, who wasn't everyone's favourite woman. She was a bit dark, but I still wanted to try and respect who I thought she was."

Expect more from Jolie, including what it was like to work with Oliver Stone & Will Smith, in a full-length interview right here tomorrow.

Thanks to 'Paul'

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