Did Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Kidnap Chris Martin and Hold Him Hostage? He Says They Did!

Actress is currently promoting her upcoming film Unbroken

By Lily Harrison Dec 18, 2014 5:56 PMTags
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That Chris Martin, man. What a jokester.

The Coldplay frontman gave a long and (ahem) colorful tale about how the track for Angelina Jolie's Unbroken came about.

"I got a message that said, 'Meet in this undisclosed location. You'll be blindfolded and picked up by seven ex-Navy SEALS,'" he joked to Vulture. "So they kidnapped me, hit me over the head, and sprayed me with Mace. When I woke up, I was in an office, and Brad Pitt was doing push-ups as Angelina Jolie was just sitting there with her crown on."

Oh the visual! Songwriting and storytelling, two things Martin is clearly a natural at.

"There was also a guy holding a knife to my throat, and she said, 'Write me a song or else.' And Brad Pitt said, 'Yeah. What she said.'"

He continued, "We wrote a song and then she said, 'It's through to the final eight,' and then we had live eliminations at her house," Martin continued. And in this scenario with Angelina Jolie cast as Simon Cowell, did Coldplay triumph? "We came in second, but the main guy chickened out."

OK, but all jokes aside, this badass tale of Brangelina scooping up some of Tinsletown's finest outta thin air and forcing them to work should be the plot of Mr. and Mrs. Smith 2. Just sayin'.

But Martin did manage to get serious about creating "Miracles" for Unbroken shortly after his hilarious version of events.

" I find that a little bit of limitation is really helpful when you're trying to create… It's the same way when someone says to me, 'Here's the film and the book. Write something about that.' It's really nice to have those limitations because otherwise, where do you start?"