Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie — during an exclusive chat with HT City — admits that she feels like she has a special connection with India. “I don’t know if it’s the density of the population [or something else], but there is this [feeling of] humanity [which] is very present (in India). Because of the nature of (the country), be it on the trains or in the streets, you feel right [when you are] together,” shares the 46-year-old, who visited the country for the first time in 2006.

The multi-award winning actor adds that even during that time she has never felt like an outsider: “I felt a part of the country. I felt the energy, the intensity and the humanity. I’d like to come back again soon.”

In recent times, Jolie was one of the few global icons who expressed her ‘grief, solidarity’ for the people of the country during the pandemic and she also remembered her A Mighty Heart (2007) co-star late actor Irrfan upon his passing.

Though she yearns to visit the country soon, she reveals that she was happy to find some “desi” link to her upcoming Hollywood film, Eternals, which comes with a Bollywood twist in the plotline and also stars Indian actor Harish Patel.

Quiz her if she ever wishes to enter the world of Bollywood, the Oscar-winning actor chuckles, “I don’t know how good I would be at it.”

Besides making an impact on screen, Jolie has spent over 20 years pitching in efforts to change the world through various campaigns. And the actor asserts that she picks projects that reflect her principles. “The themes of representation, diversity and sisterhood are very important to me. It is also the reason I agreed to make the film, Eternals. They explained to me this vision (of expanding the Marvel universe with these themes), and I felt that I wanted to be a part of this family,” concludes the mother of six.