Angelina Jolie: 'Kung Fu Panda 2 is complex'

Angelina Jolie has said that Kung Fu Panda 2 has a more complex story than many of her other projects.

The actress voiced South China tiger Master Tigress in Kung Fu Panda and reprises the role in the DreamWorks Animation sequel.

Jolie told The Independent of the follow-up: "It's about a search for self."

She added of Master Tigress: "My character was raised in an orphanage and then was adopted by Shifu [Dustin Hoffman], and in this one Po [Jack Black] discovers that he's adopted.

"It's one of the more complex stories and films I've ever been involved in, with characters and themes that I stand by and believe in."

She added: "She is certainly a character that shows a lot of emotional restraint. She's not relaxed. She's the opposite of Po. She is somebody that is very good physically but emotionally is very uncomfortable.

"Part of her voice and part of her personality is closed in that way. You could imagine she doesn't let herself cry. She doesn't let herself be hurt. She doesn't talk about how she feels. She's quite hardcore.

"That's part of her personality. It was an interesting voice to play with but it wasn't intended to sound a certain way, it just came out, I think, that way because she is repressed."

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