Angelina Jolie has leading roles set aside for her son

Angelina Jolie and her son Maddox

ANGELINA JOLIE is to enlist her teenage son to run the charity she named after him as well as take part in her new film about Cambodia’s dark history.

 

The actress, who adopted Maddox, 13, from an orphanage in western  Cambodia in 2002 after she filmed her breakout role in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider there the year before, said her son will take over the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation, which she set up there 12 years ago.

 

“Maddox is already involved in the foundation,” said the Maleficent star of the charity, which helps local families overcome problems associated with  poverty. 

 

She was asked if he would  also be involved in her upcoming film, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers. 

 

“Maddox will be on set every day after school and involved behind the scenes,” she  replied.  

“As Maddox and I prepare the film we will be side by side learning about his  country. 

He is turning 14 next week and this is a very important time for him to  understand who he is. 

He is my son but he is also a son of Cambodia.”  

 

The 40-year-old Oscar winner who is married to Brad Pitt, 51, added “I want to respect its history.”  

Anglelina was in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday researching locations for the film.