Angelina Jolie used to scare her children to prepare for ‘Maleficent’

Angelina Jolie: I loved being Maleficent.

Angelina Jolie says she went ”nuts” while preparing for her negative role in Disney’s ’Maleficent’ as it involved screaming at bushes and trying to scare her children with her costume and voice.
The 38-year-old actress enjoyed playing the villaneous fairy in the children’s classic and would bring her scary costume home to practice for her role, reported Entertainment Weekly.
“I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world,” Jolie said.
“But I did have to take my staff home to practice walking with it in my cloak, and then I would go outside and scream at the bushes to expand my voice and play with my voice. So, mom was a bit nutso for a period.”
Describing her character in the film, Jolie said the role demanded something that she has never done before. ”Maleficent was always so elegant. She always was in control. And to play her was difficult. I worked on my voice a lot. She’s bigger than me. She’s on a different level of
performance that I have never done. She’s very still.”
“She’s very sure of herself, but I couldn’t figure out her voice, I kept playing with these different types of British voices, making my voice darker and scarier.”
Jolie’s daughter Viv plays young Princess Aurora, while Pax and Zahara both play princes and princesses from foreign lands.

Angelina Jolie: ’Maleficent’ witch my childhood favourite

According to Bang Showbiz, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who will be seen playing the role of an evil witch in Disney’s forthcoming film ‘Maleficent’, said the iconic villain from ‘Sleeping Beauty’ always attracted her.

The 38-year-old actress further said she finds it funny when people tell her she is the perfect fit to play a villain.

Bang Showbiz quoted Jolie as saying, “it is really funny when people say you'd be obvious for a great villain. She was just my favorite as a little girl. I was terrified of her, but I was really drawn to her. I loved her.”

The mother-of-six revealed she scared her 10-year-old son Pax Thien when she donned the villain’s costume in front of him, without knowing he would get upset, according to WENN.com.

“He ran away and got upset. I thought he was kidding, so I was pretending to chase him until I actually found him crying. I had to take off pieces (of the costume) in front of him to show him it was all fake and not freak him out so much," WENN quoted Jolie as saying.

The film is being directed by Robert Stromberg and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is slated to release on May 13^th, 2014.