“I have it in my house all the time,” Jolie told a reporter from The Guardian.
This local tidbit appeared in a richly reported on-set profile of Jolie’s new film First they Killed My Father, an adaptation of the memoir by local author Loung Ung.
Ung escaped Cambodia as a child during the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge. Both her parents and two of her sisters were executed. In addition to her literary and humanitarian work, locally Ung co-founded the Market Garden family of breweries and restaurants. (She was featured in Scene’s 2016 People Issue).
And it turns out Ung and Jolie are close friends, having solidified their bond on a Cambodian motorbike tour after Jolie read Ung’s memoir in the early aughts. Ung is now a consultant on the film and an “auntie” figure to Jolie’s children.
Jolie and Brad Pitt recently ended their marriage. The jury is still out on whether or not that’ll affect Pitt’s preferred regional microbrews.
This article appears in Jan 11-17, 2017.
She’s playing nice now? Talking about Brad’s favorite beer, subtle. Anyway, now she’s got a new movie to plug she’s trying to put on her Saint face. However in the Guardian article, apparently they brought live leeches to set because she (as the director) was considering attaching them to the 9 year old actor. She attached one to herself perhaps to see the kid’s reaction – yes or no? I imagine child labor laws are different in Cambodia. Thankfully they decided to use plastic leeches on second thought. She’s such a nice lady and exemplary child advocate.
I used to love her and her movies can’t stand her for what she is doing to Brad he seems like a really good dad
I see people don’t like my comment and so I apologize for my tough opinion. The truth is, some random guy walked through security on Angelina’s movie set with a bucket of leeches cause that’s just a normal random thing. So Angelina says to him, You know leeches are known to carry blood born diseases, they can cause anaphylactic shock, plus when removed one can bleed for 3 hours to 3 days. Not to mention just the creep factor, which even if you can find the suppressed article “Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic”, no one can say that I have a bloodletting fetish. The fact is, we never even considered attaching leeches to a 9 year old, who even let you on this set? Oh wait, one attached itself to my hand… also, FYI our production department has no idea what attaching them to a 9 year old would cost us as a stunt upgrade, and we already have our costume department ready to spend hours attaching plastic ones because hey, CGI is for sissies. Or wait, is that props who attaches them? You do know I’m a card carrying faculty of the London School of Economics so I know a thing or two when it comes to brainstorming cost effective options. Add that I’m an Academy Award winning director… um…. Don’t argue my logic. Hey, did anyone notice the true headline here: Tired of parenting? Drink Market Garden Beer and all your problems will be solved.
She’s wrong on all fronts about leeches. Surgeons use them after reattaching limbs and fingers as they keep the circulation on the move by thinning out the blood. They do not cause blood borne infections and the area does not continue to bleed when their removed. A great little insect all around
The leech is indeed used in medicine and like any medicine should be used with caution. I simply object to it’s potential use on a vulnerable impressionable child who has no medical need. According to the NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13416474
SAFETY AND COMPLICATION OF LEECHING
Infection is the most common complication of leeching and occurs in 2-36% of the patients[51]. Several bacterial strains have been encountered in these infections involving Aeromonas spp., Pseudomonas spp. and Vibrio spp. agent is the Gram-positive rod, Aeromonas hydrophila, which can cause pneumonia, mascular necrosis, flap failure and even septicaemia. Because A. hydrophila are resistant to penicillins and the first generation of cephalosporins, the treatment regimen of such infections should contain aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones[16,21]. On the other hand, there is no reports on the leech therapy-transmitted diseases, even though, physicians who practice leeching are advised to use a leech once[17].
Many reports outlined local hypersensitivity conditions including itching, blister forming, ulcerative necrosis and even local tissue damage (flap death), which might result from the existence of some toxins in leech saliva[21]. Blood loss because of the prolonged hemorrhage and skin marks (scars) left by impaired healing of leech bites are also reported as postleeching complications[51].
The smiths was very good movie
That beer is pretty good
good to know what beer some actor likes. any other useless information you can share about some other phonies who act like they care about anyone but themselves?