Brad Pitt. (Photo: Getty Images) Los Angeles - Brad Pitt reportedly "begged" Angelina Jolie to "press pause" on their divorce proceedings. The 52-year-old actor was reportedly told of his ex-wife's intentions just two days before she filed papers to end their two-year marriage, and he urged her to slow down the process for the sake of their six children, Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. "He was willing to do anything, change any habit, change any lifestyle, to do what had to be done to make this work.