Recently, Sarath Mounh – Angelina Jolie’s friend and former business associate, revealed the reason the actress adopted Maddox.

He revealed that the Hollywood star had made great efforts to become the mother of this Cambodian boy.

Maddox – the eldest son of the Jolie-Pitt family, just turned 20 on August 5 and the story of adopting this famous student is mentioned again. 

On the Daily Mail recently, Sarath Mounh shared about the journey of Angelina Jolie adopting a Cambodian orphan boy in 2002.

According to this person, the 7X actress wanted to adopt a child in Cambodia when she was filming. movie Tomb Raider here in 2000 and fell in love with this land.

Among hundreds of unfortunate children, Maddox conquered Angelina Jolie’s heart and made her decide to stick with this special boy.

Mr. Sarath remembers his first impression of Maddox: “He was a bright, sharp, lovely child who smiled more than any other child around him. I always remember the boy’s smiling face.” “According to what I learned from Angelina, when she visited the orphanage and saw Maddox, he smiled at her instead of crying like most other children. The boy smiled at Angelina, that touched her heart and that’s why she chose Maddox,” this person added.

However, the journey of Angelina Jolie adopting Maddox was not simple. Mr. Sarath Mounh said that movie star Lara Croft: Tomb Raider had many difficulties in adopting a child because she was a foreigner. At that time, the Cambodian government was extremely strict about allowing international adoption because of fear of child trafficking.