Angelina Jolie Says 'Change In My Family Situation' Forced Her Return To Acting

Jolie is still going through a divorce with her ex Brad Pitt, five years after the couple called it quits.

For years, we saw nary a kick or a punch from Angelina Jolie, as she largely pressed pause on the action heroics to pursue a career in directing. But as her personal life has taken more twists and turns than “Salt” (we’re still waiting for that sequel, by the way), the actor is returning to the genre with a slew of projects, including “Those Who Wish Me Dead” and Marvel’s upcoming superhero epic “Eternals.” “I love directing, but I had a change in my family situation that’s not made it possible for me to direct for a few years,” Jolie told Entertainment Weekly in an interview published Tuesday. “I needed to just do shorter jobs and be home more, so I kind of went back to doing a few acting jobs. That’s really the truth of it.”