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Breaking Baz: Angelina Jolie Says Portraying Maria Callas In Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ Is A Role “That Comes Along Once In A Lifetime”
While discussing their new biopic 'Maria', Angelina Jolie and Pablo Larraín open up about channeling Maria Callas's talent.
The Academy Award-winning artist laughs, then adds, “I mean, it’s certainly the most challenging,” clearly referring to the seven months she spent learning six of the many dramatic arias most associated with Callas, who died of a heart attack at her Paris home on September 16, 1977. Larraín’s awards season movie, using a screenplay by Steven Knight, concerns itself with the coloratura soprano’s last days as she summons up memories of triumphs on the world’s most iconic opera stages and the realization that those artistic heights will not be achieved again, coupled with the tragedy of her love for shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. There were countless classes with many different teachers who guided Jolie on vocal technique, her singing pitch, and “everything from Italian to opera to posture, to breathing, which was kind of the hardest for me,” she says pointing to her diaphragm.
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