Angelina Jolie feared nude bathing scene in By the Sea after double mastectomy… and reveals her late mother inspired the role

Angelina Jolie considered cutting a bathing sequence from By the Sea, because it was her first nude scene since her 2013 double mastectomy.'I realized it was going to be me [naked] in that bathtub,' the 40-year-old Oscar winner told the New York Times.

'But I told myself, "Put all of that aside." Like, you can’t change or cut this scene because you've had a mastectomy, or because [Brad Pitt and I are] married and people are going to analyze this or that. That would be cheating.'

'I told myself, "Put all of that aside"': Angelina Jolie considered cutting a bathing sequence from By the Sea, because it was her first nude scene since her 2013 double mastectomy

'I told myself, "Put all of that aside"': Angelina Jolie considered cutting a bathing sequence from By the Sea, because it was her first nude scene since her 2013 double mastectomy

Angie explained: 'If people think these are our particular issues, well, that’s wrong. But if they want to think we have terrible fights, are imperfect, have insecurities and can be depressed and emotional, of course that’s true'