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Maria first trailer: Angelina Jolie breaks down in tears as she plays haunted opera singer Maria Callas

Angelina Jolie was seen in the first trailer for her movie Maria. The 49-year-old star is playing famed opera singer Maria Callas.

When Callas met Aristotle Onassis, it marked the start of a long romance that was the show business world's worst-kept secret, as both parties were already married Speaking at a press conference for the movie at the Venice Film Festival, she said: 'I was terribly nervous; I spent almost seven months training. 'I had been introduced to [Maria] but it was a complete discovery of this new art form, to come in and transform my life and teach me all of the different operas.

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