--- --- # Gwen Stefani 'Almost' Got Angelina Jolie's Part in _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_ With Brad Pitt by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 20, 2016 9:48 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 20, 2016 9:48 PM UTC [Gwen Stefani](http://time.com/4257624/gwen-stefani-interview-this-is-what-the-truth-feels-like-blake-shelton/) apparently came [very close](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gwen-stefani-auditioned-for-angelinas-mr-mrs-smith-role-w430045) to playing Angelina Jolie’s character in _Mr. & Mrs. Smith_, the hit movie that introduced Jolie to Brad Pitt. During an interview on [_The Howard Stern Show_](https://soundcloud.com/howardstern/gwenstefani%5Fblake) Wednesday, the singer discussed a cornucopia of things, weirdest of all that the singer was nearly cast as Jane Smith, one-half of the sexy married spy team movie that famously made Brangelina a thing in real life. “I feel like I almost got it,” the singer told Stern. I went to a bunch \[of auditions\].” The fact that Jolie was cast instead ultimately changed the course of celebrity history forever, and in the end, Stefani was more into her tunes anyway. “\[It was\] very competitive and I wanted to do it, but I wanted to do music more,” said Stefani, whose most recent solo album came out in March. At least that’s not a totally weird factoid. But evidently, several high-profile actresses were considered, and back in April 2008, Stefani told _Vogue_ that it all really came down to her and Jolie. “It was between me and Angelina Jolie, and I’m like, ‘Oh, great. I got a shot here,” she told [Vogue](http://www.vogue.com/865327/gwen-stefani-the-first-lady-of-rock/). “The whole acting thing really feels like something I could do. Whenever I’ve done it, whenever I had moments where it works, it’s just like performing. You hit a moment. And that’s what movies are: a series of moments.” Listen below. ([h/t US Weekly](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gwen-stefani-auditioned-for-angelinas-mr-mrs-smith-role-w430045)) Gwen Stefani: Almost Had Angelina Jolie Part in Brad Pitt Movie ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4415817/gwen-stefani-angelina-jolie-brad-pitt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4415817/gwen-stefani-angelina-jolie-brad-pitt/"},"headline":"Gwen Stefani 'Almost' Got Angelina Jolie's Part in Mr. & Mrs. Smith With Brad Pitt","datePublished":"2016-07-20T21:48:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:38.183Z","description":"\"I feel like I almost got it\"","url":"https://time.com/4415817/gwen-stefani-angelina-jolie-brad-pitt/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Angelina Jolie","Brad Pitt","gwen stefani"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4415817/gwen-stefani-angelina-jolie-brad-pitt/","name":"Gwen Stefani 'Almost' Got Angelina Jolie's Part in Mr. & Mrs. Smith With Brad Pitt"}}]}] ```