Angelina Jolie has to miss her Unbroken premiere because she has chicken pox

Angelina Jolie has chicken pox — and the itchy, miserable red spots will be keeping her away from the premiere of Unbroken.

Jolie directed and produced the film, which tells the story of real-life American Olympic runner Louis Zamperini, who was held as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II.

"I can't believe it, cause this film means so much to me," Jolie says in a video posted to Universal Pictures' YouTube page. "I will be home, itching and missing everyone….I just can't believe it, but such is life, there it is."

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Take it from someone who suffered through a pretty terrible bout of chicken pox as a kid, Angie: Oatmeal baths and lots of ice cream, that's the stuff.