Angelina Jolie reveals how 'Maria' led sons to see her a 'new way'

Angelina Jolie just revealed the side her children saw on the set of Maria.

The latest movie, that has garnered the iconic actress Oscar buzz, made Jolie’s kids see her in “a lot of pain” as she portrayed the character of the late legendary Maria Callas.

Her sons Maddox and Pax worked as production assistants on the biographical drama, over which Jolie explained how this experience allowed them to view her in a "new way."

In a conversation with BBC News, the Maleficent star said, "The character (Maria) has a lot of pain and they've of course seen me go through a lot of things, but they hadn't experienced me expressing a lot of the pain that usually a parent hides from a child.”

Jolie continued, "So they were there to witness some of that, but then we would hug or they would bring me cups of tea."

In the interview, she also mentioned how her role in the film was rather “physically” very challenging, saying, "We started with regular singing classes and it was challenging in many ways."

"But when the opera classes began, what it requires with your breathwork and your body and just the force of what you push through yourself, it's just a very different physicality,” Angeline Jolie further explained.