Angelina Jolie et Colin Farrell chez Thierry Ardisson | INA Arditube

Good evening. Good evening, how are you? Good evening. I'm receiving you after Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, and I'm wondering who's staying in Hollywood? Because all the stars are in France. You're not afraid to get robbed while you're not there, are you? There's nothing in my house worth stealing. Oliver, your mother is French. Do you speak French? Yes, I speak a little bit. That's good. Angelina, your mother is French. Do you speak French? No, I'm learning. Do you have a teacher? Yes. Too bad. You're here for Alexandre by Oliver Stone, with you, Angelina Jolie, Colleen Farrell, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer, and it comes out on January 5, 2005. The pitch is a psychological peplum, which tells how the young king of Macedonia, Alexander, changed the face of the world with his conquests. Ptolemy said, speaking of Alexander, Failures were greater than the successes. It's a beautiful line. Yes, it's something extraordinary. The beauty of Alexander, he reached so high. He wanted everything. He wanted a world, I think. A world, with a king. Of course, it's him. But you have to understand that he brought peace too, because when you fight, no one fought except against him. So he organized a global society. And after he died, it was rich. It became richer. And finally, it became the prototype for the Roman Empire. So the film begins. We see Alexander struggling on his deathbed in Babylon at the age of 33. Flashback. Childhood of Alexander, whose mother is Angelina. You play the role of Colleen Farrell's mother, of Alexander. And it is said that she would have joined Zeus, in the form of a snake, to give birth to Alexander. And Alexander would be a half-god, in a way. Yes, she believed that. And when you look at her life, she had all the reasons to believe that he was special. She was a follower of Dionysus. And I think it's interesting that at that time, it was a woman who didn't understand reproduction. She thought of Zeus. So Alexander would be a half-god. Yes, yes, yes. You look like a half-god. Then we see Alexander's education. And his preceptor sells physical contact between men. In fact, Alexander loves men. Yes, he loves men. Alexander was a lover of people, of cultures, he loved literature, he loved art, he loved theater, music. He used to surround himself, hang around with a lot of actors, musicians. And yes, he was a lover of men and women. It was very much a part of Greek culture in those days that men would share this knowledge and relate to each other. And as Angelina said, it was a lover of men and a lover of women. So, the film tells the story of the assassination of his father, the ascension of the throne at the age of 20. And then the conquests, Asia Minor, Egypt, when he founded Alexandria. There is the huge battle of Gogamel, 50,000 soldiers of Alexander against 500,000 soldiers of King Darius of Persia. Very beautiful battle. Bravo, Oliver. Thank you. Very well done, there is nothing to say. And then he arrives in Babylon, and there he becomes extremely dictatorial and depraved. He marries a Metis. And then afterwards, he continues to India, to the Ganges. And there is a battle against elephants. They had never seen an elephant in their life. The soldiers stop. They go to India. They are tired. They want to go home. He says, no. So, he kills. He was right. He kills 13 mutineers. After that, he goes into battle, and the men don't follow him. And it was a real story. Alexander was terribly wounded in India because he had a flash in his lung. His horse, Bucephalus, also dies. Did you know the story of Alexander before shooting the film, Angelina? I knew what most people know, that is, everything he did when he was young, that he was really unique. He was a remarkable man. But it's true that I learned a lot by making this film, and I know a lot now. And you? I thought it was Russian. I thought he was Russian at first. I'm joking. No, I'm kidding. I knew very little about him. I knew a character from Antiquity called Alexander the Great, who achieved 95% of the modern world at that stage. There was a lot of research on him. There are pages and pages, thousands of books, written about him. These are great pages of history, written about this character. But all these books give you an idea of what he was like, emotionally, psychologically, from the point of view of his emotions, from the point of view of his psychology, and from the point of view of who he was as a man. He was a playwright, he was a writer, he did a lot. You say, Oliver Stone, Alexander made me believe in heroes. Do you think he's the greatest hero of all time? We can't make comparisons. We can only say that Alexander is a unique, original man. There has never been a man like him in all of history. Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, they all admired him. A great man. And no one has broken his record of never losing a battle. He won all his battles, even by sacrificing himself in almost the last one. He was never beaten. Do you realize how many times we've been beaten in life? It's incredible. He was strategic, he was a genius, but at the same time he was smart. Because when he took a country, he wasn't a predator, he included, he made inclusion. If he were, for example, America in Iraq, to cut the Iraqi army completely, he would never do something like that. He would have put it on his side. He was very smart. He always made alliances. Because he wanted to make an empire of the whole world, without borders. Think about that. It's impossible now, but think about the original idea. Alexander, the great hetero of the world at 25 years old, he could have all the love he wanted, all the money he wanted, and yet he was someone quite lonely, wasn't he? Why are you looking at me when you ask that? Because you are Alexander. Absolutely. What I learned several times from our military advisers was that when you are a leader, you isolate yourself. And with Alexander, there is this idea that you have to be alone to be a leader. He became one of the most powerful men in his life. He was also one of the loneliest in the world. He had to fight to find love. He had to answer his questions of destiny. But all of that had a huge price. And the price of all his successes was loneliness. When you are a Hollywood star, are you lonely too? What I miss is my home. I haven't lived in my home for 5 or 6 years. I move from one hotel to another. Can you translate what he said? I didn't say alone. It's true that big stars are very lonely. A bit like Alexander. Yes, but I surround myself with good people. It's true. There are so many people who felt lonely when they were surrounded by 20 people because they didn't have direct friends. When his lover died, Alexander died 8 months later. Because his heart was broken. You say you are surrounded by good people. You are not alone. Colin Farrell lent you connections with the most beautiful Hollywood stars. I said something I shouldn't have said. You know who did that before you? Like this. Mila Jovovich. She did that like this. Yes, we lent you connections with the most beautiful Hollywood stars. Demi Moore, Britney Spears, even Angelina Jolie. Oliver Stone. Yes. With Angelina, is that true, Colin? Yes. No, God, no. No, certainly not. Why, God? I would like to, though. Still trying. You say you haven't had a serious relationship for 5 years, but you take your role as a father very seriously now. Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. It's not really a role to be taken lightly. I've got a lovely little boy. Angelina, does your son come to your mind when you are worried? My son is here. My son is here with me, by the way. Maddox is here? Today, your son is your main concern, isn't he? It's the most important thing for you now. Absolutely. That's for sure. Yes. You say in Alexandre, I would have a hard time playing the role of Alexandre's mother if I hadn't become Maddox's mother. Yes, I think anybody... She's very much a mother. It's the root of who she is. I think being a parent, you can't intellectually imagine it. You must have that feeling. It's impossible to pretend. So I know it very well, and that's why it's possible. It's because you focus on your child that you say to yourself, you are just passing-by lovers. Now, you don't want to have a story that lasts with a man because now your man is your son. My man is my son, so I only have love. My son, yes, I only have one love. That's it. It's like my wife with her son. When you talk about your lovers, Angelina, you say, right now I have two. They are two wonderful men. I have a good time with them, and I hope they have fun with me too. But it's just for fun. Just for fun. Yes, I think it's... It's so funny that it's such a big deal because I think it's me and the dogs. Two adults can have this relationship between two unmarried adults who decide to have such a relationship. In fact, they are very good friends. Yes, we really have good sexual relationships. She's talking cash. Cash talking, yes. You denied any relationship with Brad Pitt because you said, I have enough lovers, I don't need Brad, I don't date married men. You don't date married men. Yes, of course. But I think Brad is a wonderful person. Yes. You shot a film with him. You just shot a film called Mr. and Mrs. Smith. And you said after the shooting of the film, Brad Pitt is a great kisser. He does that very well. Yes? Maybe you should have kissed him. Maybe you should have tried. When you married Billy Bob Thornton in 2000, you got a tattoo of his name on your arm. You got a tattoo of his name on your arm. And when you divorced in 2003, you got it removed with a laser. Yes. So today, you're going to tell me if it's true. Today, you wrote, at the base of your neck here, I don't know if it's true, but I think it's so extraordinary. Know your rights. In gothic letters. Is that true? It's true. Yes. But why did you write that, Angelina? Because I started to learn more about politics and human rights and the human world and I think it's really the most important thing for us to know. We have to know ourselves and others and we have to tell others. We have to fight for ourselves. So, on your left shoulder, that's true, on the left shoulder, on your left shoulder, you have five lines of a Buddhist text. Is that true? Yes. And what does it say? What does it say? It's really for strength, for protection, for love, for your family, your country, your culture, etc. Okay. Do you have tattoos, Colleen? No. Tattoo free. No tattoos. In the magazine... Angelina, it's for you. Yes. Angelina, this one is for you. This one is for you. Bring it on. In the magazine Allure in November 2004, Allure, you remember? Yes. You confessed that you were interested in sadomasochism, in SM. You say, I love... Why? What's so extraordinary about that? We just happen to have a whip. And you said, I like to push my emotional and sexual limits. I have never been attached, but I feel that the person I would let do that would be the right one. I think I would love that. Is that true? Yes. Thank you. I'm going to tell you something. You call yourself Angelina Jolie, but you should have called yourself Angelina Superbelle. Do you want to adopt me? Do you want to adopt me? No. Merci. Thank you very much.