Halle Berry Reveals She and Costar Angelina Jolie Had ‘Rocky Start’ but It Will ‘Serve Us Well’ on Screen

Halle Berry is excited about her upcoming movie starring Angelina Jolie – despite their partnership’s rocky start.

In an interview published on Wednesday, Berry, 57, revealed Diversity at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where she and Jolie, 48, “had a rocky start” to work Maude vs. Maude.

However, she added, “I think it will serve us well in our screen time together.”

The The X-Men star also called her fellow Oscar-winning actress “awesome” and that she’s “thrilled to be working with another woman and creating a story with our sensibilities and from our point of view.”

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Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie in 2003. Albert L. Ortega/WireImage

The two found much in common, Berry said, in sharing their experiences. “We talked a lot about divorces and exes. We became close, let’s say so.”

Maude vs. Maude is an action thriller film that will reportedly feature Berry and Jolie battling it out “physically and intellectually” on the big screen.

It was directed by Roseanne Liang with a script by Scott Mosier. Both are part of the production team, which also includes Berry and Jolie.

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The film, which Deadline describes as “a ‘Bond vs. Bourne’ type of global action thriller,” ended up in the hands of distributor Warner Bros. after a fierce bidding war in April.

“Warner Bros. bought our script and for us it’s about going places that have never been shown on screen before,” Berry said. Diversity. Media reported that the star director was in Saudi Arabia in part to scout locations for the upcoming film. “We plan to tour the whole world,” she said.

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Reacting to today’s announcement of Fr Maude vs. Maude with pictures of two stars on X (formerly known as Twitter), Berry wrote: “Someone just tweeted ‘mom’ and now I’m laughing so hard.”

She continued, addressing fans, “I’m glad you guys are as excited about this project as I am.”

Berry was also candid about her 2020 film Bruisedin which she acted, produced and directed in her debut behind the camera.

“Because I was a woman, and a black woman, the treatment I received and the things I had to endure were unconscionable,” she said. Diversitycalling the process “hell”.

She added of the MMA drama: “If I was white or even black, it would be easier. It’s amazing that I even made it and Netflix bought it like a miracle.”

Berry last appeared on the big screen in 2022 The fall of the moon. Meanwhile, Jolie has a Maria Callas biopic lined up Maria, Malignant 3 and Kung Fu Panda 4 on the horizon, her first projects from 2021 Eternals.

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