Angelina adopted Maddox when he was just seven months old after she visited a Cambodian orphanage while shooting her film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2002.

2002年，安吉丽娜在拍摄电影《古墓丽影》时访问了柬埔寨的一家孤儿院，并收养了当时只有七个月大的马多克斯。