Don't Expect to See Angelina Jolie in a Romantic Comedy Anytime Soon: 'I Don't Know How Good I'd Be'

Mar. 15, 2025

Angelina Jolie on Oct. 18, 2024.Photo:Neil Mockford/Getty

Neil Mockford/Getty

CouldAngelina Joliebe a romantic comedy queen?

Jolie, 49, considered that very question while speaking withE! Newsin a video shared to Instagram on Monday, Oct. 28, taken during the Saturday, Oct. 26 premiere of her latest movieMariain Los Angeles.

“I don’t know how good I’d be at a rom-com,” theAcademy Award-winning actress said with a laugh. She pointed out that her turn as the Disney villain Maleficent in 2014’sMaleficentand 2019’s sequelMaleficent: Mistress of Evilmay have provided the closest to a rom-com of any movie she has ever made.

Angelina Jolie on Oct. 26, 2024.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Unlikely as it may seem, Jolie has never made a straight-up romantic comedy. Her best known movies include thrillers likeGirl, Interruptedand action movies likeLara Croft: Tomb RaiderandMr. & Mrs. Smith, in addition to her turns as Disney’s iconicSleeping Beautyvillain.

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Jolie is embarking on a prestige drama with her new biopicMaria.At the same premiere, the actress opened up to PEOPLE about the connection she feels she shares with the movie’s subject, thelate opera singer Maria Callas.

“I know there are certain things that people would assume from the distance that we have in common, but I think what we have in commonmaybe is that we share a certain lonelinessin kind of sometimes doing our work where we’re the one, I don’t know, up at night, alone, trying to figure something out or feeling like we have to,” she said.

“I don’t want to speak too much about it because it’s too personal, but there’s definitely a loneliness and a work ethic. I may be many things, but I’m a very hard worker, right?” Jolie added. “I’m an imperfect person, but I work very hard and she does. And so I think we see ourselves, I don’t know if she or I ever would see ourselves as anything but a performer and a worker who has a job to do, and probably very hard on ourselves.”

Mariais in select theaters Nov. 27, then on Netflix Dec. 11.

source: people.com