Filming The Break-Up helped her heal after her split with Brad Pitt. The actress said she used her emotional experience from the ending of her marriage to Pitt to fuel her performance in the film which was shot shortly after her separation. Speaking during her Inside The Actor’s Studio interview, Aniston called the movie a beautiful story about a couple breaking up and said because she was slightly familiar with the topic and issue she felt it was a great way to exorcise the emotions from her real life split from Pitt.