Actress Angelina Jolie was inspired to adopt by her role in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
In the 2001 movie, the actress played a daredevil archaeologist, based on the character from the popular Tomb Raider video game series. Ange recently revealed it was the scenes she shot in Cambodia that convinced her to adopt her first child – son Maddox – from the Asian country.
She says, “A turning point in my life came when I made Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. It involved filming in Cambodia. I learned that the world is bigger than I thought it was, and there were more important things than film. I didn’t know much about Cambodia. I didn’t appreciate how beautiful it was and I had never met such open-hearted people.”
The star – who went on to adopt two more children, son Pax from Vietnam and daughter Zahara from Ethiopia – also credits the film with helping her turn her back on her hard-partying ways and live a healthier lifestyle.
“I smoked a lot, drank far too much, had way too much coffee and suffered from insomnia. The fitness coaches on Lara Croft adjusted me. I had a certain amount of water, protein checks, vitamins, my cigarettes were taken away and I wasn’t allowed to drink alcohol.
“As for that role, I was loud and insane. I had too much fire for everyday life, so fitted into Lara Croft’s world perfectly.”
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