Los Angeles: Hollywood actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie has defended the casting process for her new movie “First They Killed My Father”, insisting that the welfare of the children involved was her highest priority.
The star was criticised after a recent Vanity Fair profile described how casting directors looked through Cambodian orphanages, circuses, and slum schools to find a child actor to play their lead, Loung Ung.
During the auditions, they also set up a game where money was put on a table and children were encouraged to think of what they needed it for before the cash was snatched away.
“Srey Moch (the girl ultimately chosen for the part) was the only child that stared at the money for a very, very long time. When she was forced to give it back, she became overwhelmed with emotion. “When she was asked later what the money was for, she said her grandfather had died, and they didn’t have enough money for a nice funeral,” Jolie had explained to the magazine.
“When she was asked later what the money was for, she said her grandfather had died, and they didn’t have enough money for a nice funeral,” Jolie had explained to the magazine.
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