‘Outsiders’ actress Emma Pittman says producer Angelina Jolie had her back as the only female lead in the Broadway musical
nypost.comThe Outsiders” said the show’s producer Angelina Jolie helped advocate for her and the other women in the cast.“I knew that if anything ever happened, like she had our back, especially the girlies,” said Emma Pittman, who plays Cherry Valance in the musical and shares the stage with eight male leads.“She was very, very a part of our process, which was amazing.
She always made us feel seen and supported when she was there.”Pittman, 31, said Jolie, 49, “who is so real, grounded and kind,” came on board because of her daughter, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, 16, who is also the show’s producer.“Her kid came to see the show in La Hoya and loved it and saw it again and again.
And Viv was like, ‘Mom, you have to come see the show,'” Pittman, a Mississippi native who now lives in Washington Heights, told The Post.“And she was so moved by the way that it was moving her kid and also herself, that she was like, ‘Let’s be a part of this.'”The mother-daughter team spent a lot of time at the Bernard B.
Jacobs Theatre, where the show has been running since April, giving their input on how the musical, which is based on the 1967 novel and the 1983 movie, should be adapted.“Angie’s never overlooking anything.
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