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Angelina Jolie weeps during eight-minute standing ovation in Venice after opera singing debut

She's back with a bang.

Maria dives deep into the psychological torture the legendary performer is seen putting herself through as she mourns the loss of her once-in-a-generation voice and wallows in a pill addiction so strong it’s cleverly anthropomorphised in the form of actor Kodi Smitt-McPhee. ‘Jolie delivers a masterclass in reminding you exactly why it is she’s so famous’ (Picture: Stefania D’Alessandro/WireImage)Larraín confirmed as well that in their 6-7 month preparation together, he had the star focus on breathing, posture and then lyrics as the movie whips through many well-known and celebrated arias, from the likes of Anna Bolena, Carmen, La traviata and I puritani. Read More Stories For Maria, Jolie appears to have forgone any obvious facial prosthetics to transform herself more convincingly, physically, into Callas after the controversy stirred up by Dame Helen Mirren and Bradley Cooper both donning fake noses to play real-life Jewish figures Golda Meir and Leonard Bernstein.

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