Pitt and Jolie's Mr. and Mrs. Smith chemistry was "hot," says a costar. |
As for the issue of when to start their own family, not everyone is convinced that the popular perception – he wanted kids, she wanted a career – is accurate. "Everyone is saying she doesn't want kids, and so he left," says the Hollywood exec close to both. "That's so untrue and mean. Brad is not pressuring her to have a baby. He wants a family. She does too. In an ideal world, they'd have a child. But this is real life, and neither one of them wants to have a child under conditions that aren't right." Another insider says that the two "didn't split because of one bad problem. It's a little bit of many things, all wrapped up. . . . As much as these two people care about each other, and they really do care about each other, they just want something different. They still love each other."
Aniston and Pitt had been thinking and talking about their problems for "at least a year," this source says. Still, they remained close, often exchanging the loving gestures that were a hallmark of their 4 1/2-year marriage. Although Aniston was never sighted on the
Mr. and Mrs. Smith set, "she'd send over little food things that she made for Brad's dinner," says the crew member. For his part, Pitt would occasionally request that his wife run an errand and then surprise her by arranging to have an old friend meet her there. Even as the breakup neared, many people close to them held out hope the marriage would survive. For Christmas last month, Pitt's mother and sister gave Aniston a ring monogrammed in the center with a "P."
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