Addressing more than 300 government dignitaries at the London-hosted Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Special Envoy Jolie has been asked about the scene in the film, in which the titular character's wings are torn off her body by a childhood friend, reported Ace Showbiz.
"We were very conscious, the writer (Linda Woolverton) and I, that it was a metaphor for rape. This would be the thing that would make her lose sight. At a certain point, the question of the story is what could possibly bring her back?