Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt exchanged love letters while filming abroad

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Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt pose on the red carpet for the opening night premiere of their film “By the Sea” in Hollywood in November 2015.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the AFI Awards luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel on Jan. 9, 2015, in Los Angeles. Jolie’s “Unbroken” was named one of 11 movies of the year.

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Angelina Jolie, left, director of “Unbroken,” poses with Miyavi, second from left, Melody Ishihara and Brad Pitt at the film’s world premiere, in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 17, 2014.

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were married Saturday in France, reports say. The couple, seen here at the premiere of “The Tree Of Life” at the Cannes Film Festival in May, had been engaged since 2012. (Andreas Rentz / Getty Images)

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U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie and her fiance, Brad Pitt, attend the fourth day of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London on June 13. (Carl Court / AFP / Getty Images)

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The couple attend a global summit to end sexual violence along with representatives from 100 countries’ governments, more than 900 experts, faith leaders and representatives from international organizations around the world. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the world premiere of Disney’s “Maleficent” at the El Capitan Theatre on May 28, 2014, in Hollywood. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the world premiere of Disney’s “Maleficent” at the El Capitan Theatre on May 28, 2014, in Hollywood. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie attend the New York premiere of “The Normal Heart” at Ziegfeld Theater on May 12, 2014, in New York City. (Ben Gabbe / Getty Images)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for a special “Maleficent” costume display at Kensington Palace in London on May 8, 2014. (Facundo Arrizabalaga / EPA )

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at a special “Maleficent” costume display at Kensington Palace in London on May 8, 2014. (Joel Ryan / Invision / AP)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the Governor’s Ball at the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Jolie congratulates Pitt when “12 Years A Slave,” which he produced and starred in, won the Academy Award for best picture. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Brian Grazer at the 84th Annual Academy Awards show at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2012. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the 84th Annual Academy Awards show at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles, CA on Feb. 26, 2012. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards show at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 15, 2012. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt during coverage of the 69th Golden Globe Awards show at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 15, 2012. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards show at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2012. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the 68th Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 16, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan.16, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hill. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Accompanied by their six children, Brad Pitt and Angellina Jolie appear before photographers upon their arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2011. (Toru Yamanaka / AFP / Getty Images)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on the red carpet of the 81st Academy Awards on Feb. 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the 66th Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA on Jan. 11, 2009. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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A heavily pregnant Angelina Jolie arrives at the premiere of her animated film “Kung Fu Panda” during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France. (Matt Sayles / Associated Press)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive for the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. on Jan. 7, 2008. (Paul Buck / EPA)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive for the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 27, 2008. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive at the premiere of “Beowulf” in Los Angeles on Nov. 5, 2007. (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the “The Assassination of Jesse James” premiere at 64th Annual Venice Film Festival on Sept. 2, 2007. (MJ Kim / Getty Images)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive for the New York premiere of “The Assassination of Jesse James” on Sept. 18, 2007. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Images)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive for the premiere of Pitt’s film “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” during the 33rd Deauville American Film Festival on Sept. 3, 2007 in Deauville , France. (Francois Durand / Getty Images)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the New York premiere of “A Mighty Heart” on June, 13, 2007. (Stuart Ramson / Associated Press)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the Festival Palace for a gala screening of the film “A Mighty Heart” running out of competition at the 60th Cannes Film Festival, on May 21, 2007. (Daniel Deme / EPA)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive for the 64th Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 15, 2007 in Beverly Hills. (Beatrice de Gea / Los Angeles Times)

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the world premiere of “The Good Shepherd” on Dec. 11, 2006, in New York. (Jeff Christensen / Associated Press)

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie visit the Immaculate Conception School in Port au Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 13, 2006. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)

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Brad Pitt, producer Arnon Milchan and Angelina Jolie arrive at the premiere of “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” at the Mann Village Theater on June 7, 2005, in Westwood, Calif. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images)

By Nardine SaadStaff Writer

July 31, 2014 2:39 PM PT

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s love story keeps getting better.

The “Maleficent” star revealed in an interview with Australia’s TV Week that she and her fiancé — the father of their sizable brood — kept their romance alive while they were working on opposite sides of the world by exchanging handwritten love letters.

A love note from Brad Pitt!? We’ll take it!

The mother of six said that while she was in Australia directing “Unbroken,” her World War II Louis Zamperini biopic, and while Pitt was filming his Nazi period drama “Fury” in England, the pair decided to take a page out of their scripts and keep in touch the old-fashioned way.

“He was supportive from a distance, and it was quite romantic in a way,” the 39-year-old said.

“We decided to be of that time, when we could imagine he was in the European theater and I was in the Pacific theater, and we wrote handwritten letters to each other that were very connecting for us, thinking of the people that were separated for months, if not years, at a time back then,” the Oscar-winner continued.

A penny for your thoughts, Brangelina....

No word on how long it took said letters to arrive or whether the two kept in touch using modern technology as well, however.

“Unbroken” will be Jolie’s second project at the helm, and she’ll direct her longtime love in her third, Universal’s “By the Sea.” Jolie also wrote the screenplay for the “intimate, character-driven drama” and will co-produce and costar in it with Pitt, Movies Now reported.

It’s the first time the A-listers and humanitarians will appear on-screen together since 2005, when they costarred in their infamous relationship catalyst, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.” Pitt and first wife Jennifer Aniston’s divorce was finalized a few months after the movie hit theaters.

Dear Brad, Follow me on Twitter @NardineSaad.

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt exchanged love letters while filming abroad

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