The Outsiders director Danya Taymor tells about Angelina Jolie's involvement as a producer.
She explained, "Angelina was in the room a lot, a lot, and providing not just support, but also incredible feedback, not just to me, although definitely to me and like, a real champion of keeping the vision potent and courageous and brutal like the book, but she also was there for the actors. You know, we had a lot of people making their Broadway debuts, a lot of people entering the spotlight for the first time, and she was incredibly generous in sharing her experience".
"And you know, technical rehearsals in the theater are not for the faint of heart. They’re long days, and it moved me so much that Angelina was there, because that’s how you earn people’s trust, and she gave us that. She had so much skin in the game and so much curiosity about it all, and same thing with Vivienne. Vivienne would watch the show and give me the most amazing notes. Like, incredible eye. So, it was a wonderful, wonderful support, and also, obviously, made the work better".
"I always say that Angelina’s the real deal, and she was there in every way and also gave us space when we needed it. And she’d say, ‘You can do it. Jump off the cliff. You’re going to be great. You’re going to fly. I know it.’ Those are important moments where you don’t know if you can do something, to have somebody say, ‘You can do it. Go on, you can do it,’ and push you to where you want to go but might be afraid to go".
