AceShowbiz - Halle Berry has become close to Angelina Jolie due to their "divorces and exes." The Oscar-winning actress will share screen with Angelina, 48, in her new film project "Maude v Maude", and Halle has revealed that they actually spent some time together discussing their love lives.

"We've been talking a lot about divorces and exes. We bonded, let's say that," the 57-year-old actress - who was previously married to David Justice, Eric Benet, and Olivier Martinez - told Variety.

Despite this, Halle acknowledged that their friendship actually got off to a "rocky start." The Hollywood actress - whose co-star has also been married three times - shared, "We had a rocky start and I think that is going to serve us well in our screen time together."

"Maude v Maude" marks Halle's first directorial project since "Bruised", the 2020 MMA drama. Halle has described making "Bruised" as "hell" and she thinks it was a "miracle" that Netflix ever bought the movie.

She added, "Because I was a woman, and a black woman, the treatment I received and the things I had to put up with were unconscionable. If I were a white man or even a black man, it would have been easier. It's amazing I even made it and a miracle Netflix bought it."

Halle previously described directing as the "hardest thing" she's done in her career. She told The Hollywood Reporter, "It was harrowing. It was the hardest thing I've done in my professional career, because the character was a big, huge character that required a lot of my time and attention and preparation, and then directing for the first time also required a lot of my time, attention and preparation."

"So I was burning the candle at both ends, which made for super long days, really stressful days. But at the end of the day, I was engrossed in doing something that I loved and something that I felt passionate about."