Halle Berry opened up about her ‘rocky start’ with Maude v Maude co-star Angelina Jolie, though she added it will likely help the film.
It was reported in April that Warner Bros. emerged victorious in a competitive bidding situation over several studios for the action-thriller.
Both Berry, 57, and Jolie, 48, were attached to both star and produce through their respective production companies.
Berry spoke with Variety at the Red Sea Film Festival, where she admitted her and Jolie didn’t get off to a great start, but they both bonded over divorce and exes.
‘We had a rocky start and I think that is going to serve us well in our screen time together,’ Berry said.
Rocky start: Halle Berry opened up about her ‘rocky start’ with Maude v Maude co-star Angelina Jolie , though she added it will likely help the film.
Star and produce: Both Berry, 57, and Jolie, 48, were attached to both star and produce through their respective production companies
The actress added she is, ‘thrilled to work with another woman and craft a story with our sensibility and from our point of view. She is formidable.’
Berry wouldn’t elaborate on the initial friction between her and Jolie, adding people will have to wait to hear that story, but insisting it’s a, ‘good one.’
‘We’ve been talking a lot about divorces and exes. We bonded, let’s say that,’ Berry admitted, with both actresses thrice divorced.
Berry was previously married to baseball star David Justice (1993-1997), singer-songwriter Eric Benet (2001-2005) and Olivier Martinez (2013-2016).
Jolie was married to her Hackers co-star Jonny Lee Miller (1996-2000), Billy Bob Thornton (2000-2003) and Brad Pitt (2014-2019).
Berry also described Maude v Maude as a mixture of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mission: Impossible with a comedic twist, adding she was looking forward to battling with her co-star, ‘physically and intellectually.’
The actress’ trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia had dual purposes, to attend the film festival and to scout locations for Maude v Maude.
She visited Jeddah’s historical center Al-Balad before the interview, insisting that the film would truly be a globe-trotting adventure.
Formidable: The actress added she is, ‘thrilled to work with another woman and craft a story with our sensibility and from our point of view. She is formidable’
Good story: Berry wouldn’t elaborate on the initial friction between her and Jolie, adding people will have to wait to hear that story, but insisting it’s a, ‘good one’
‘We plan on going all around the world. Warner Bros. bought our screenplay and, for us, it is about going places that have never been shown on screen before,’ she said.
Roseanne Liang (Shadow in the Cloud) is directing from a script by Scott Mosier, who started his career as a producer on director Kevin Smith’s indie hit Clerks.
Berry will produce with her producing partner Holly Jeter through their HalleHolly production company.
Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth are also producing through their RK Films company, though it’s unclear when production will begin.
Berry has The Union with Mark Wahlberg and The Mothership with Omari Hardwick slated for release in the new year.
