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‘Maria’ Breakout Aggelina Papadopoulou on Playing the Young Opera Icon in Her Screen Debut and ‘Sweet’ First Meeting With Angelina Jolie
Aggelina Papadopoulou's journey to playing alongside Angelina Jolie in 'Maria' started with a mysterious request sent to her music school in Athens.
“It happened pretty quickly for me, but from what I know they searched for a long time in a lot of countries, especially Greece, Spain and Italy because Pablo wanted Maria to have Mediterranean features,” she says. Despite this being her first-ever screen role, acting came naturally to Papadopoulou, the daughter of a music school owner and actor Nikos Papadopoulos (“Border Café”). Jolie’s son Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt was also in Budapest working as additional crew and Papadopoulou recalls striking a friendship with the budding actor.
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