The film focuses on the end of Callas’ life, isolated in her Paris apartment and inconsolable since the love of her life, the wealthy shipowner Aristotle Onassis, who eventually married Jackie Kennedy, abandoned her.
Maria Callas was the ultimate star, both for her extraordinary career on the greatest stages, from Milan’s La Scala to the Paris Opera, and for her romance with Onassis.
However, he died prematurely at the age of 53.
The 49-year-old American actress during a press conference for “Maria” contending for the Golden Lion first stated: “The point of reference for me, to know if I was good enough, are Callas fans and opera lovers, and the my fear would be to disappoint them.” “I really got attached to her, so I don’t want to do this woman a disservice,” he added.
To cope with this difficult role, Jolie took singing lessons to lend her voice to the diva, a bold gamble that made her feel “terribly nervous”.
Angelina Jolie “spent almost seven months training” to sing opera as Maria Callas for her new film “Maria” and “was terribly nervous.”
“When you work with Pablo [Larrain] you can’t do anything by half. He demands, in the most wonderful way, that you really do the work and you… pic.twitter.com/fdxgRfKCM0
— Variety (@Variety) August 29, 2024
To cope with this difficult role, Jolie took singing lessons to lend her voice to the diva, a bold gamble that made her feel “terribly nervous”.
“I spent almost seven months rehearsing,” she added, thanking the film’s Chilean director Pablo Laren for making her sing from a small room to La Scala in Milan. “He gave me time to progress, but I was afraid I wouldn’t be up to it,” she said, admitting that she is not an opera expert.
“I was more into punk and I liked all kinds of music, but I probably listened to The Clash more. I still like the same music I listened to when I was young, I still listen to The Clash,” she said with a smile.
When asked what she had in common with the ‘voice of the century’ who fell in love, Angelina Jolie, who also faced a torturous and highly publicized divorce from Brad Pitt, replied: ‘There are a lot of things I won’t say, that you probably know or think you know,” he stated.
“And to continue our common ground is her extremely gentle side and the fact that she was not able to express that gentleness publicly. We share this vulnerability more than anything else.
The absolute apotheosis was experienced by Angelina Jolie after the completion of the projection of the expected film, with her not holding back her tears from the emotion of this universal acceptance that the film had in the Sala Grande audience.
In fact, the people in the audience applauded her for 8 whole minutes, showing her that she managed to perfectly embody the great voice of Greece.
Angelina Jolie tears up during 8-minute standing ovation for her role in upcoming film ‘Maria’ at the Venice Film Festival.
— Pop Base (@PopBase) August 29, 2024
Meanwhile, a still from the film was also released, which shows Jolie in Calla’s dressing room during one of her difficult moments.
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