Angelina Jolie accused of cruelty to children during a casting

Has Angelina Jolie gone too far choosing the heroes of her film, First They Killed My Father? The star would have used an abusive method during a cast with Cambodian children …

Brad Pitt, his divorce, his illness … Angelina Jolie made disclosing revelations in her latest interview for Vanity Fair magazine! But if his comments about his privacy have attracted much attention, it is his account of the shooting of his film, First They Killed My Father, which makes the headlines today. Indeed Angelina Jolie realized this adaptation of the autobiography of the writer Loung Ung, which tells the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. After filming Lara Croft’s first film in this country in 2001, Angelina Jolie committed herself as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations and adopted Maddox in an orphanage. She said she was very sensitive to the overwhelming history of this country and wished to pay tribute to her by making this adaptation. But the methods of its casting director have provoked anger on the Web …

Indeed Angelina Jolie explained to Vanity Fair that to choose the little girl who was going to embody Loung Ung when she was a child, she went to orphanages and slums to meet children “who have experienced difficulties”. She says her casting director had a “game”, which involved putting money on a table, asking the child to think about what he could do with the money and steal it. Then the manager caught up with him and forced him to the money. The girl had to find a convincing excuse that would explain why she had stolen the money and why she needed it.

Angelina adds that Sareum Srey Moch, who was chosen, cried during the casting and revealed that she needed this money to bury her grandfather with dignity. Obviously this method of casting, which can be traumatic for children having grown up in extreme poverty, shocked a lot the fans of the actress and director. She does not say whether she has compensated the children who were not selected, but she will have to explain very quickly. If Angelina Jolie has made a lot of donations in Cambodia to help the population and fund shelters and shelters for the most vulnerable, does this justify a potentially dangerous method for the mental equilibrium of children who have experienced traumatic experiences in A very young age? We do not know if Brad Pitt will answer Angelina Jolie after her revelations about their divorce, but hopefully she will respond to this controversy …