Strong Women Are Shaped By Men Around Them -Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie 

Angelina Jolie has championed the role men can play in shaping the personalities of young girls.

The actress, who stars in ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’, also said female characters in films should not have to be portrayed as physically tough in order to be considered strong.

“I think that, so often, when a story’s told which says ‘this is a strong woman’, she has to beat the man, or she has to be like the man, or she has to somehow not need the man,” Jolie told journalists at the film’s launch.

Referring to her own character in the film and Princess Aurora, played by Elle Fanning, Jolie said, “We both very much need and love and learn from the men.

“And so I think that’s also an important message for young girls to find their own power, but to respect and learn from the men around them.”

She added, “We have strong women, but the character that is wrong in the film and has to be taken out is also a woman. We show very diverse types of women, between our characters, but also we have extraordinary men in the film, and I really want to press that point.”

‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’, the sequel to 2014’s ‘Maleficent’, would be released in the UK later this month and also stars Ed Skrein, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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