Marianne Pearl, the wife of the slain Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl, and Angelina Jolie (she plays her in the upcoming film A Mighty Heart) sat down with Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive for an interview at Angelina’s home.

In a joint interview with Mariane Pearl, Jolie tells Glamour she was intimidated by the prospect of meeting Pearl for the first time.

“I remember being really nervous, thinking, she’s such an intelligent European woman - what are we going to do together?” says Jolie, 31.

They chose to attend a “serious, European, existential play,” says Jolie. “It seemed like the right thing [and it was supposed to be okay for kids]. But [their sons] Adam and Mad got antsy, and finally halfway through, to each other’s relief, we were both like, do you want to get out of here?”