Angelina Jolie has announced she will play her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, in a biopic paying tribute to her life.
The announcement was made following Angelia’s incredibly difficult decision to have a double mastectomy as a preventative measure for developing cancer, which claimed the life of her mother in 2007.
The Oscar-winning actress, who only recently discovered she had inherited the defective BRCA1 gene which prompted her proactive decision, will detail her mother’s life, including Marcheline’s short-lived acting career, her marriage to Jon Voight, her battle with ovarian cancer and her passion for humanitarian causes.
The film is yet another example of how Ange continually pays tribute to her late mother. Marcheline chose the name Pax for her first grandson, and Ange’s daughter Vivienne has Marcheline as her middle name in memory of a “loving and gracious” grandmother.
The biopic will be produced by production company Plan B, which is owned by her partner Brad Pitt.
He described Ange’s decision to have a double mastectomy as “absolutely heroic”.
The 37-year-old mother of six now plans to have a hysterectomy and oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries) to prevent the 50 per cent chance she has of developing ovarian cancer.
“I started with the breasts, as my risk of breast cancer was higher than my risk of ovarian cancer and the surgery is much more complex,” Angelina said.
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