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\nPax Thien Jolie-Pitt, the son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, made a rare appearance at a screening of Self Custody on Friday, Jan. 23 at the Sundance Film FestivalPax was spotted chatting to movie makers Garrett Patten and Fernando Ferro before heading to a partyPax, who was adopted from Vietnam in 2007, is one of six children shared by the former couple<\/p>\n
Angelina Jolie<\/a> and Brad Pitt<\/a>\u2019s son, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt<\/a>, is making a rare red carpet appearance.\n<\/p>\n The 22-year-old posed at a screening of the movie Self Custoday on Friday, Jan 23, alongside director Garrett Patten and producer Fernando Ferro.\n<\/p>\n Wearng a red plaid overshirt for the occasion, Pax was spotted chatting to the men behind the drama, which stars Adrian Grenier,<\/a> before heading to a party at the Park City, Utah, festival.\n<\/p>\n Pax has been exposed to movie-making since Jolie and Pitt adopted him<\/a> in the early 2000s. As a child, he went to the 2018 Golden Globes<\/a> and walked the red carpet at the world premiere of Jolie\u2019s 2019 film Maleficent: Mistress of Evil<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n Fernando Ferro, Garrett Patten and Pax Joile Pitt attend Self Custody Film Panel and Moviemaker Indie Film Celebration.<\/p>\n Jerod Harris\/Getty\u00a0<\/p>\n He also made a cameo in Jolie\u2019s 2014 film Maleficent<\/a> and voiced the character of Yoo in his mom’s 2016 film Kung Fu Panda 3<\/a>, but Jolie says her son is actually more comfortable behind the camera.\n<\/p>\n \u201cNone of my children want to be actors,\u201d she told BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour<\/a> in 2016. \u201cI think they like the process of film from the outside.\u201d\n<\/p>\n In 2019, she told Extra<\/a>, \u201c[Movies are] a part of their life. But it’s not important to them and a center of their lives in a way that’s unhealthy. It\u2019s all fun.\u201d\n<\/p>\n The Oscar-winner also noted to Women\u2019s Hour that music may form part of Pax\u2019s future. \u201cThey are actually very interested in being musicians,\u201d Jolie said. \u201cPax loves music and deejaying,” she added.\n<\/p>\n Pax was born in Vietnam on Nov. 29, 2003, spending his early years at the Tam Binh Orphanage just outside of Ho Chi Minh City. Jolie adopted him in 2007, while Pitt later formally adopted their son in 2008, as regulations made it difficult for unmarried couples to adopt.\n<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt, Actor Angelina Jolie, Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt, and Knox L\u00c3\u00a9on Jolie-Pitt in September 30, 2019.<\/p>\n lberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty<\/p>\n Pax joined his older brother Maddox<\/a>, now 24, whom the couple had adopted from Cambodia in 2022, and his two younger sisters, Shiloh<\/a>, now 19, and Zahara<\/a>, now 21, who was adopted from Ethiopia in 2005.\u00a0Then, in 2008, their household grew even more when Jolie and Pitt welcomed their twins,\u00a0Knox L\u00e9on<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Vivienne Marcheline<\/a>, now 17.\n<\/p>\n When Pax joined their clan, Jolie told MSN<\/a> that he was a “tough, remarkable little person,” who was adjusting well.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n In 2011, the family returned to Vietnam, with Jolie telling the Financial Times<\/a>. \u201cThey are all learning about each other\u2019s cultures as well as being proud of their own. They all have their flags over their beds and their individual pride.\u201d\n<\/p>\n The Mr. and Mrs. Smith star \u2014 who was formally divorced from Pitt in 2024<\/a> \u2014 also told WSJ. Magazine<\/a> in 2023, that her kids are her priority. “They are the closest people to me and my life, and they\u2019re my close friends,” she said. “We\u2019re seven very different people, which is our strength.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, the son of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, made a rare appearance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-257596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}