NEW YORK:

Angelina Jolie took on her latest movie role so she could be a hero to her children. The actress — who has four children, five-year-old Maddox, three-year-old Pax, two-year-old Zahara and one-year-old Shiloh, with Brad Pitt — provides the voice of Tigress in Kung Fu Panda.

She said, “I’m doing Kung Fu Panda. I’m going to be a hero to my children. I’m the tiger and Jackie Chan’s in it, so I’m so cool.”

Meanwhile, Angelina and Brad and three of their children went bowling with good friend Mariane Pearl and her young son Adam. The couple are holidaying in France and decided to treat the children and Mariane, who Angelina recently portrayed in the movie A Mighty Heart, to an afternoon at the local family fun centre ‘Le Palace’.

However, the day almost turned sour when Brad slipped on one of the lanes and hurt his back.

The centre’s owner, Patrick Bernard, said, “My wife was disappointed when Brad was OK and she missed her only chance in life to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Brad Pitt!”