Celebrities Who Found God in Unexpected Ways

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie’s belief in God was restored when she began directing the film “Unbroken”. Given her relationship with the film and the desire to better understand his character, Jolie spent a lot of time with Louis Zamparini, the World War II veteran and devout Christian who the film was based on. His stories about his faith and beliefs had a profound and life-changing impact on her that she now believes in God.

At one point during the production of the film, she dropped on her knees and prayed. Zamperini’s daughter Cynthia was so moved by her transformation. “She was not a person of faith and had never prayed before but she found herself at the very last scene of the movie…they needed sunlight to shoot this very important scene and there had been a storm that had veen going on for awhile…She said, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do so I’ll do what Louis would do.’ She got on her knees and prayed for a miracle…everybody saw it. It stopped raining. She was moved by my father’s faith to try that….I think maybe in God’s plan for Angelina, she was supposed to find Louis and make this movie to find her way to a life that would encompass the Almighty.”