Angelina Jolie Suffered 'Breakdown' Over Stress Of Directing 'Land Of Blood And Honey'

'Complete Emotional Breakdown'

Angelina Jolie was so nervous about stepping behind the camera for her directorial debut, she suffered a "complete emotional breakdown" and was found by Brad Pitt sobbing in the shower.

The actress took the director's chair for new movie In the Land of Blood and Honey, a self-penned film about a love affair between a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian woman.

But she was so stressed about testing her talents on the other side of the lens, she suffered a meltdown in front of her partner Pitt.

During an online Marie Claire interview Jolie said: "I had a complete emotional breakdown in the shower and Brad found me crying. I felt this huge responsibility and I felt very small. 'Who am I to take this on?'"

Jolie also revealed she only took on directing responsibilities by chance, adding: "I didn't plan to become a director, and I still have trouble saying I'm a director. I just wanted to tell this story and I ended up by default being the director.

"It was a pleasure, but I wonder if it would be a pleasure with another cast and crew, and a subject matter that wasn't so special."

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