Angelina Jolie's haunting role

May 22, 2007, 11:40 GMT

05/21/2007 - Angelina Jolie - 2007 Cannes Film Festival - A Mighty Heart - Photocall - May 21, 2007 - Palais des Festival - Cannes, France © Solarpix / Photorazzi

Angelina Jolie says her latest movie role "haunted" her.

The actress, who plays Mariane Pearl - widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl - in 'A Mighty Heart', was terrified of portraying Mariane after meeting her.

Angelina said: "The day before we started shooting, I hardly slept and I was in a panic. I had gotten to know her, and I'd gotten to know their son. And the thought that he would see this one day.

"It was my responsibility to not just show the world but also show him how much his mother loved his father and how much they loved each other and how they handled this time. It haunted me."

Angelina, 31, insists she will continue helping the world and being a good mother, despite being "attacked" for some of the things she has done.

She told US People magazine: "I'm going live my life. There are going be times when people want to try to attack me and I don't know why, but they will. And that's OK.

"My kids are healthy. I have a lot I want to do in this world, as a woman and a mom.

"I have always been honest about who I am, and I've always been very outspoken. I'm going to be dead one day. And what people say about me is going to be what I accomplished and what I did in my life and how my children are."

Angelina is a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency and has adopted children from orphanages in Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam.

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