Tuesday June 17, 2008
In her new thriller Wanted, Angelina Jolie gets physical with James McAvoy. It is her first big screen action role since 2005's Mr. and Mrs. Smith with beau Brad Pitt.
Who's better to roll around with: McAvoy or Pitt?
"Well, you know Brad was ... [Laughs] I'll always prefer rolling around on the floor with him than any other man. You know, in general," she tells MTV News in a new interview.
(See photos of Brad and Angelina.)
When told that "there is no one sexier with a gun than Angelina Jolie," the actress, 33, replied, "Wow. I'll take it. I like it."
What's so sexy about gunplay?
"I mean, obviously, there's a part of me that takes the world of violence and death very seriously," she said. "However, when it comes to protection or when it comes to just the skill of shooting ... I've gone to the range with sniper rifles and things like that. Brad and I both like it a lot. That is something we have in common."
In the film, she shows off some new tattoos — but she said not all of them are real. (See other celeb tattoos.)
"We added a bunch. I had 'toil' and 'tears' based on [Winston] Churchill's speech," she said. "I had binary codes that are actually my kids' initials."
(As for her real ink, she said, "I have 'strength of will' in four different languages. 'Know your rights' in different languages. It's things like that. Very few people pick up on it, but it was [something I did] for me.")
Does Jolie — who is generating Oscar buzz for Changeling — see more action films in her future?
"I think there's always going to be a side of me ... you know, as long as I can," she said. "Harrison [Ford] is doing it, and he's doing it well. It looks like I've got some more time."
(See childhood photos of Angelina Jolie.)
Making movies, she added, is "not the thing you love the most. I love being a mom and I do love traveling and the work I get to do with children in the field and with refugees.
"Brad and I take turns working," she went on. "So instead of it being, 'I get to work next,' it's, 'You have to work next, because it's your turn. I'm staying home with the kids.'"
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