
Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys are on the cover of Glamour‘s October issue to plug their new project for Breast Cancer Awareness month.
All three of the mega-stars directed a short film for Lifetime called Five. The 2 hour series focuses on women and breast cancer and shows how it affects women’s lives, families and friendships.
Here’s what each lady had to say about their film:
Jennifer Aniston on Mia:
“We want people to walk away with hope and information but feel incredibly entertained. Cancer affects all of us, whether you├óΓé¼Γäóre a daughter, mother, sister, friend, coworker, doctor, patient. These films touch on that reality. The film I directed is called Mia, and it├óΓé¼Γäós about a woman who takes her diagnosis as a death sentence and gives up├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥only to discover she├óΓé¼Γäós gone into remission. We want people to know it is very possible to conquer breast cancer.”
Demi Moore on Charlotte, a little girl who watches her mother die of breast cancer and becomes determined to help others with the disease:
“I├óΓé¼Γäóve known people affected by breast cancer, and since I finished the project, someone in our family has also been diagnosed. But I think that so often there is that ├óΓé¼┼ôout of sight, out of mind├óΓé¼┬¥ feeling, like breast cancer is happening to other people, not you. Before this project came up, even I really didn├óΓé¼Γäót want to pay attention. I feel that this came to me to make me pay attention. What I├óΓé¼Γäóve learned from all the work Ashton and I do is that we so often don├óΓé¼Γäót address any cause with enough urgency.”
Alicia Keys on Lili, a 35-year-old whose breast cancer forces her to work through her relationship with her mother
“I felt like this was something important, and I wanted to be a part of it. I chose Lili because she├óΓé¼Γäós close to my age and I understood the family dynamic. I had an immediate idea of what I could bring to it.”
Sounds like some powerful stuff!
Five airs on Lifetime October 10th.
[Images courtesy of Glamour.]
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