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Angelina Jolie On Playing Maria Callas: “I Share Her Vulnerability More Than Anything” – Venice Film Festival
Discussing Maria Callas biopic Maria in Venice today, Angelina Jolie discussed vulnerability, learning to sing and her love of opera - and punk
Speaking with the Venice Film Festival press corps this afternoon, the star said that embodying the legendary opera singer gave her a “new relationship” to the term “diva.” The word “comes with a lot of negative connotations… I think (Callas) was one of hardest working people, who didn’t hurt anybody.” Maria, a creative imagining and a psychological portrait of the eponymous legendary opera singer, takes place in the 1970s near the end of Callas’ life. Oscar nominee Steven Knight ( Spencer) wrote the script; Juan de Dios Larraín, Lorenzo Mieli and Jonas Dornbach produce.
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