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Jennifer Aniston Says Filming 2006's ‘The Break Up' Was ‘Kind Of Cathartic' After Brad Pitt Divorce
Jennifer Aniston knows The Break Up was a case of art imitating life.
'[When making the movie], I might have just gone through a separation [that] I'm sure nobody remembers,' Aniston, 56, quipped to Vanity Fair in a YouTube video posted on Monday, August 11, referring to her divorce from Brad Pitt. 'It was kind of cathartic to go right from that [into shooting].'
She added, 'When they came to me with the offer, they were a little nervous about making the offer 'cause they thought, 'Is it insensitive? Is it inappropriate?' But, I actually thought [it] was a great opportunity. I knew it would actually benefit me emotionally just as a human being and also serve the script and the character pretty well.'
Aniston and Pitt, now 61, were married from 2000 to 2005. The next year, Aniston starred opposite Vince Vaughn in The Break Up, a film following a former couple trying to get the other to move out of their dreamy, shared apartment via outlandish antics.
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'We had one of the best summers shooting this movie,' Aniston recalled to Vanity Fair. 'A lot of this movie was Vince and I, we spent two weeks with the writers … and we would read through the scene, and we would improv the scene. Then, they would just write as fast as they could. This whole movie was a result of those two weeks.'
She continued, 'It also allowed for a lot of real conversations that couples have, which I think is why [the movie] hit home for so many people.'
After Aniston and Pitt's divorce, they each got remarried. The Morning Show star wed Justin Theroux in 2015, three years before they separated. Pitt, meanwhile, was married to Angelina Jolie from 2014 to 2019. Aniston and Pitt are now dating Jim Curtis and Ines de Ramon, respectively.
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Speaking about Aniston and Curtis, a source told Us last month: 'They are being super private but have been spending a lot of time together. They are happy and really into each other.'
According to the insider, Aniston and hypnotherapist Curtis met through mutual friends and 'really hit it off.'
'They've been hanging out a lot, but very much on the DL at her home in L.A.,' the source added to Us. 'It's very Zen, and she has always been very much into that. They're a good match.'
Aniston and Curtis have both remained coy about their blossoming romance, though the actress has 'liked' several of Curtis' Instagram uploads and even posted a copy of his 2024 book, Shift: Quantum Manifestation Guide, in an Instagram carousel earlier this summer.
'I have a real struggle, truthfully, about what to and not to share,' Aniston quipped to Vanity Fair about keeping her love life private. 'And also, social media is a constant struggle for me.'
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