I was at the 4 seasons and recently got a chance to speak to the gorgeous Angelina Jolie about her role in the film, Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow. In it she plays Frankie, a pilot for the air navy. There’s more to the role so I won’t spoil it all for you, you’ll just have to go see the movie. Angelina was cool enough to talk to Latino Review about her upcoming films, SharkTale, and Alexander, and about the whole process that went into making Sky Captain. She also talks about the whether or not we will see another Laura Croft adventure, and why Oliver Stone yelled at her at dinner.

How difficult is it for you to react as your character when you have to react to blue screen only?

Angelina Jolie: It wasn’t that, I think I’ve acted in movies like this all the time, you know? We’re used to [as actors] to react to this; react to that, all the time. So I think Jude and Gwyneth had it worse because they had to react to things coming at them more than I had to. I mean I usually had ships coming in behind me rather than from the front.

Did you find that you sometimes felt like a child almost playing around when acting in this movie?

Angelina Jolie: Yes. I found at one point I was sitting down wearing the eye patch, and I was literally sitting on box. There wasn’t anything around me, just me on a box with 100 people around just looking at me. And it was weird because there were all these people and I had to have this accent and be really cool, and again, I was just sitting on a card board box, and you know it feels really silly, but it’s great to get back to what acting is all about, and doing things that aren’t safe, be silly again.

Is there a back story to how Frankie lost that eye?

Angelina Jolie: She always had on an eye patch, but I have talked with the filmmakers about the back story and if this one [SCWOT] does well; I think they will tell that story in another one.

Did you have problems with the depth perception having one eye closed?

Angelina Jolie: I did. Well a few things about it, there’s a like an awkward way of standing when you have one eye covered, but also anytime the other actors are talking to me they would come up and I couldn’t see, because they would sneak up behind me where the eye was covered so I had to be overly conscious about their placement. And then you take it off and it’s like when you wake up first thing in the morning, except in one eye.

What did you think of the film after you saw the final print?

Angelina Jolie: I haven’t! I’ve seen pieces but not the whole movie at once.

Were you shown drawings about the move so you had an idea about what it was going to look like?

Angelina Jolie: Yes they would show me like story boards, about the movie and show me what my character would be doing, and the ship she captains, so yes.

Were you drawn to this because of the story or the characters?

Angelina Jolie: I think as an artist I was drawn to it because you always want to try something new, something that had not been done before and go to a sort of brave place with my creativity. I miss that when you do films and, you miss that sort of fun and excitement that goes into making something new. You know?

What was it like working with the director?

Angelina Jolie: He was wonderful, I don’t know if you had a chance to meet him. He’s a lovely man and you feel happy for him to finally see his vision come to life.

Do you prefer working in fantasy projects or more historical films?

Angelina Jolie: I loved doing Alexander and I think as an actor its more, fulfilling for your soul and as a woman. When I was done with that film I felt like really grew as an actor. So I like doing historically accurate films.

What was it like working with Olive Stone?

Angelina Jolie: Oliver is, he has a, uh, I think you can disagree or agree with him on politics, but you can’t debate that he isn’t 100% of who he is. He is who he is, and he is very straight forward. He demands a certain kind of commitment and bravery, and doesn’t allow anyone to be lazy. He is a strong person and he has real relationships with people.

Will you let your son see Sky Captain?

Angelina Jolie: Yea.

You don’t think it’s too intense?

Angelina Jolie: No. no.

Can you tell us who you play in SharkTale?

Angelina Jolie: The bad fish! That was an amazing process. It’s a long process, it takes years to get it all done, the first time I did it I had to see myself as a cartoon and it was weird. I wanted to change my voice also, because I don’t like the way my voice sounds, you know? But they didn’t want me to, so I just used my own voice.

What did you think when you saw yourself as a cartoon?

Angelina Jolie: Well that was interesting because they brought me into a room with all these different fish cartoons and they were going to explain the process to me and asked me which fish they thought I was going to be? So I looked around and I saw this fish with a big red mouth, and I said, “You can try and tell me different all you want but that’s the one I’m going to be?” (Laughs) I liked it; they made her very sexy looking.

How long did you work on Sky Captain?

Angelina Jolie: Three days.

Are you going to do another Tomb Raider?

Angelina Jolie: No. I don’t think so. I mean I loved doing them, I learned from them, and I had a great time, and I think I did them, so I tend to not want to.

How was Oliver on the set of Alexander? Did he ask anything extra from you in terms of more method acting?

Angelina Jolie: He would want us to always be our characters on the set, so like even after shooting for the day if we went to dinner, he would remind me that my accent was slipping. In fact I remember I was talking to this little boy who plays a young Alexander and my accent was slipping and Oliver yelled at me. He said,” Where’s your accent?” So I immediately got my accent back. I thought that was funny.