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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's bodyguard in snapper attack
A photographer allegedly threatened by one of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's bodyguards has said he is considering legal action. The celebrity couple, in India to shoot scenes for a movie about the slain journalist Daniel Pearl, have been the center of intense media interest reports BBC news. Security for the star couple has been tight since their arrival in Pune by private jet along with their children Maddox, 5, Zahara, 18 months and 4-month-old Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt. On Saturday, one of their bodyguards was filmed grabbing British photographer, Sam Relph, by the throat.
He added: "I am a guest at this hotel, I have every right to be here. "It would be disrespectful to take pictures inside the hotel, I know they don't like that but I was outside anyway, doing my job like everybody else." Two Indian journalists also complained that they too had been threatened by the same security guard, who was not identified in the report. In other news, the sexy couple went on an autorickshaw ride with their five-year-old son Maddox. Photographers, cameramen and reporters pursued the celebrity couple, forcing them to turn back after a 20-minute ride that took them past shops and department stores in downtown Pune, in western India. Several traffic signals slowed their short rickshaw ride. At every red light, security men traveling in another rickshaw jumped out and surrounded the three-wheeler to prevent the media from snapping pictures of Pitt and Jolie. They then returned to the Le Meridian hotel where they have been holed up since arriving on Thursday. Filming began Monday for the film, "A Mighty Heart," in a two-storey white bungalow in Pune's Sindh Society locality, which has a striking similarity to the district in Karachi -- with its boulevards, row houses and bungalows -- where Pearl was staying reports Reuters. Cars painted yellow to resemble Karachi taxis were parked in front of the house and used for filming. "Some scenes were shot today, but we are not aware of the exact portions that have been shot," said Sunita Thakar of Kailash Picture Company, which is managing the shooting schedule of the film in India. The Oscar-winning U.S. actress plays the slain reporter's wife, Mariane. Her partner Brad Pitt is the movie's producer. |
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What a rediculous circus - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are famous - what is the problem with their photos being taken - it seems to me that Jolie enjoys any attention and she was loving this (she is actually being seductive in one shot). Oh and by the way - where is her little baby? This trip she will try to get pregnant again - this relationship is doomed - I hope no more children become involved. I don't know but what about a little bit of contentment & enjoy the three beautiful children that they have got.
Posted by: Summer | October 10, 2006 2:43 AM
okay first of all, without the press, media, photographers, etc. these "stars' would need to find other jobs. Celebrity and the press go hand in hand. It's a trade off. What bothers me is that Angelina comes off as some humble, world travelling humanitarian with nothing but mercy and love in her heart, and yet she has this black hearted henchman grabbing people by the throat and threatening to kill them. HUH? Don't ride around town in full view of everyone in a little rickshaw if you don't want to be bothered or photographed. I think everything Angelina does is calculated to the tenth power. Good for her for working it, just be honest about it. She may have good intentions, but I think her character as a woman stinks.
Posted by: Dramatika | October 10, 2006 12:50 PM
I agree w/you Summer, that's the price you pay for fame. It's gotta get old you know? But, by the same token, they knew this getting into it.
Posted by: Tracy | October 10, 2006 3:36 PM
I beleive yes they are famous and yes the media should take what they can get , but come on they are with their children they have also been more then compliant with the media and sometimes the media should just back off when they are asked. they continuesly push the envelope when they are pushed away, There is a time and place for everything
Posted by: Maureen | October 10, 2006 7:16 PM
We haven't seen what realy happened but When I think of little Maddox and his safty I think we should be very thankful for the brave bodyguard who is there for them against these rude men who just want the photos and they don't care for anything but money.
Posted by: roya | October 12, 2006 11:45 PM