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| Jennifer Aniston Dissed, Angelina Jolie & Mariane Pearl Get Close By Cathy Beers Nov 11, 2006 Angelina Jolie plays Daniel Pearl's widow Mariane Pearl in 'A Mighty Heart' and a report claims that the two have become close while working together. Even though Jennifer Aniston first met Mariane and was reportedly considering the role, Life & Style Weekly reports on the blog that it is Jolie and Pearl that have developed the very strong bond. “It's a special friendship that comes with a lot of perks,” an insider exclusively tells Life & Style. “Mariane has traveled frequently on Brad Pitt’s plane, and she and Angelina talk about everything together, not just the movie.” Brad brought the two women together early last year in LA when he was promoting Mr. & Mrs. Smith with Angie, in part to familiarize Angie with Mariane’s accent, which Angie had to learn for the movie. *** “Brad felt if he was going to make this movie, it was really important that Angelina and Mariane became friends and started to understand each other,” says the insider. “Brad says he feels really lucky that they hit it off because the movie just couldn't have happened if they hadn’t, especially since Jen [Aniston] had already met with Mariane several times as they were developing the project and had an eye on playing the role herself. Brad says he’s overjoyed that everyone has hit it off so well, and he says Maddox has a friend for life in Mariane’s young son, Adam.” And it seems Brad and Angelina have a friend for life in Mariane. *** “Even though it took Danny Pearl’s death to bring everyone together like this,” says the insider, “Brad, Angelina and Mariane are all determined to keep this friendship healthy and really make a difference in the world while they’re at it.” |