“It felt so real”: Angelina Jolie’s Ex-husband Was Blown Away After Wild Intimate Moments With Halle Berry in ‘Monster’s Ball’
The 2001 film Monster’s Ball paired Halle Berry with Billy Bob Thornton. The duo played the lead in the film, which focused on a white racist man, Hank, who falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Thornton was in the limelight during that time due to his marriage to Angelina Jolie. The actress shocked the world after she tied the knot with the Bad Santa star.
In Monster’s Ball, Berry and Thornton had an intimate scene. The scene sparked a lot of discussion when the movie first came out. Berry might have objected to the shot since it was so vivid and visceral on purpose, which worried the film’s director. However, the scene finally happened, and Angelina Jolie’s ex-husband was blown by it.
Angelina Jolie’s ex-husband was blown away after a love scene with Halle Berry
Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton made headlines in early 2000 after they announced their marriage. During the time, Thornton was shooting a film with Halle Berry titled Monster’s Ball. The actor played Hank, a racist white man who gets smitten with Leticia, a black woman played by Berry, after meeting her.
The duo shared an intimate scene in the film, and that generated a lot of conversation as the actress had a few conditions for the role. ”I would only do it if Billy Bob agreed to be as naked as I was,” Berry said. The scene finally took place, and Jolie’s ex-husband was blown away after the love scene.
Thornton revealed that Berry and he worked together very closely to create their intimate scene. He revisited some of the takes that were not scripted. The actor said,
“I might’ve been a little bit nervous beforehand, but once we got into it, it was essentially ad-libbed. I mean, there was some dialogue for that scene in the script, but we kind of just winged it. We had to hold each other’s hands through it a little bit.”
The Bad Santa star took the opportunity to refute a rumor that he was truly intimate with Berry in the movie but claimed that there was some fuzziness in the distinction between fact and fiction.
Thornton said,
“It felt so real when we were doing it that [we felt] the heaviness surrounding the circumstances in the story. I think maybe that’s why it comes across so well on screen, because it was two desperate human beings in this moment alone, and we kind of were alone.”
Directed by Marc Forster, Monster’s Ball tells the tale of a black woman and a white man who seek temporary comfort from their suffering in one another. But their suffering and their separation persist.
Angelina Jolie’s short-lived romance with Billy Bob Thornton
Angelina Jolie has only been in five committed relationships, yet ever since her film career took off in the 1990s, her love life has been the center of attention. It was not until 1994 that the actress got into a relationship with Jonny Lee Miller. They went their separate ways after filming their 1995 crime flick Hackers.
Jolie shocked the world in 2000 when she revealed she was married. After getting divorced from Miller when they connected in 1996, the actress got hitched for the second time. This time, she married, actor Billy Bob Thornton. The duo had a short-lived marriage as they abruptly split in 2002 and finalized their divorce the following year.
The Tomb Raider star in 2004 when she fell for another costar, Brad Pitt, on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and the rest is history. The duo separated in 2018 but still make headlines for their long legal battle over their children and their property.
Monster’s Ball is available to rent on Apple TV.
Source: HuffPost
