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Jon Voight‘Super stoked his daughter Angelina Jolie He won his first Tony Award…he said the win wouldn’t have been possible if his granddaughter hadn’t found the play!
We caught up with the veteran actor at LAX and asked him about his daughter’s big win for producing ‘The Outsiders.’ Javi is extremely happy for his daughter.
Voight explains how Angie got involved with the project… gives credit to his granddaughter Vivian He saw the play several times before it came to Broadway and persuaded his mother to see it.
Voight says Jolie saw it and loved the show so much…she eventually invited him to the set. Francis Ford Coppolato inform the producer of ‘Megalopolis’ that he had signed a contract to produce it.
John says he takes this story as a clear indication that Vivienne has good taste in the field… and suggests that one day she might become a Broadway producer herself.
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Plus, watch the clip and hear what John said about ‘The Outsiders’ director thinking about Vivienne… It looks like Viv is set to follow in her mother’s footsteps.
She’s already received her first credit … As we told you, Vivienne was a producer’s assistant on the show, credited as Under the name “Vivienne Jolie” — asking for the word “Pitt” to be removed, as are her sisters Shiloh And Zahara,
He Hit the Tonys With your mom – possibly skipping a Father’s Day get-together with your dad brad pitt … She looked in her element as the two walked the red carpet in matching teal outfits.
If Grandpa Voight is right, this could be Vivienne’s first of many Tony Awards… and, maybe she’ll win her own silver statuettes in the future, too.
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