Why Angelina Jolie Wanted to Meet Paul Mescal With Daughter Shiloh: ‘Angie’s Very Encouraging’

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Connecting over coffee. Angelina Jolie met with Paul Mescal at a cafe amid rumors that he and Phoebe Bridgers quietly split, but the rendezvous wasn’t as romantic as some fans may have expected.Angelina, 47, “wanted to meet Paul after she and Shiloh enjoyed watching his play,” a source exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly, adding that the outing “was a friendly coffee and nothing more than that.”The Eternals actress wanted to introduce daughter Shiloh, 16, to Mescal, 26.

The Ireland native is currently starring in a West End revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. The Tennessee Williams play is on stage at the Almeida Theatre, and the trio got together at the Almeida Café & Bar inside the venue.“It wasn’t difficult for her to arrange the meeting.

She had her people call his people and it was set up right away,” the insider adds.Shiloh, whose father is Brad Pitt, “loved hanging with Paul,” the source said.The teen is “taking a big interest in arts and culture,” per the insider.

Outside of enjoying top-tier plays, she’s taken dance classes in Los Angeles for years and was spotted with her mom in the audience at a Måneskin concert in Rome in July 2022.“Angie’s very encouraging of that,” the source explains. “She wants all the kids to explore their creative sides and hear from talented actors and actresses directly what it’s like to work in the biz, how they got their start and so on and so forth.”Jolie, for her part, split from Pitt, 59, in September 2016 after more than a decade together.