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Angelina Jolie Embodies Opera Singer Maria Callas in New Film ‘Maria’: She Will ‘Vault Back to the Top’


Angelina Jolie embodies opera singer Maria Callas in the new biopic Maria, as a source says it will 'be the kind of film that vaults her right back to the top.'

Callas was the preeminent opera star of the ’60s and ’70s and was notorious for her temperamental personality, luxurious lifestyle and longtime partnership with Jacqueline Kennedy’s former husband and billionaire Aristotle Onassis. She would frequently be seen in lavish gowns, furs and warming up for her peerless performances by enjoying a glass of Fernet-Branca enriched with mint leaves — which Angie, 49, emulates in the film. As for Maria’s diva reputation, the actress revealed at a Film Festival press conference, “I think it often comes with a lot of negative connotations.

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