Having beau Brad Pitt close by at all times helped Angelina Jolie cope with making A Mighty Heart. Jolie plays slain American reporter Daniel Pearl’s widow Mariane in the movie. The actress admitted that she would not have been able to complete the movie, if Pitt and their kids had not been near. “It was such a gruelling film, I needed to be near Brad and the children,” she said. Pearl was beheaded by Pakistani militants in 2002. His murder was later broadcast on the internet. Mariane Pearl, on whose book the movie is based, revealed that though she had not wanted the film made, she changed her mind after meeting Pitt. “I told him the only person right to play me was Angelina,” Mariane had said.