Angelina Jolie: Twins were a shock for us
Angelina Jolie admits surprise at discovering twins were on the way
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Thursday, 12, Jun 2008 04:32
Angelina Jolie has admitted that she and partner Brad Pitt were shocked to discover she was expecting twins.
The Tomb Raider star and Pitt are already parents to adopted children Maddox, Pax and Zahara, as well as biological daughter Shiloh, and face new additions to their brood in the coming months.
And speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the 33-year-old actress revealed she and Pitt were taken aback by the news of their family's expanding size.
"We weren't expecting twins," she told the magazine. "So it did shock us, and we jumped to six [children] quickly. But we like a challenge."
The news that Jolie was to have twins was accidentally revealed by Jack Black last month, as the pair were interviewed about their new animated comedy Kung Fu Panda.
He gestured to his co-star's stomach and said she would "have as many [children] as [the] Brady Bunch when you have these".
When NBC's Today show interviewer Natalie Morales asked Jolie whether she could confirm her pregnancy, she replied: "Yeah, yeah, we've confirmed that already.
"Well, Jack's just confirmed it actually," she added.
But after the accidental revelation of her pregnancy, Jolie explained she has plans to cope with arrival of two new babies.
"[Brad's] mom and dad are on standby to come out and help," she said and explained that she and the Fight Club star were trying to find ways to include all their children after the births, so that "everybody gets special time".
And while she explained that Pitt has been responsible for household chores and 'heavy lifting' as she grew more pregnant, she revealed that the couple still find time for each other.
"It's great for the sex life," she added. "It just makes you a lot more creative. So you have fun, and as a woman you're just so round and full."
Jolie can next be seen alongside James McAvoy in new action movie Wanted, out on June 25th.