Angelina Jolie has ended her long rift with her actor father Jon Voight.

The pair has been estranged since 2002, when the Hollywood veteran told a TV interview his daughter had "severe emotional problems". She subsequently shut him out of her life and has rejected his every attempt to reconcile.

But Jolie reveals she has opened up communication with the 69-year-old, as she prepares to give birth to twins.

She tells Australia's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, "We are going to try to get to know each other and maybe try not to be this daddy and daughter, but to be there for each other as friends in the coming years."

In a separate interview, Voight confirmed the pair planned to meet over the summer. He said, "I'm sure we will, yeah."

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