Actress plays opera singer in new biopic of the director of ‘Jackie’ and ‘Spencer’
Angelina Jolie appeared characterized as Maria Callas for the biopic Maria. The film, directed by Pablo Larraínwill star the 48-year-old actress, who plays the famous opera singer.
In the new image, the character appears without makeup, wearing thick-rimmed glasses and a heavy white sweater – an intimate portrait and quite different from the previously released photo, in which Angelina/Callas appears wearing an elegant hat, with pearl earrings and a fur.
According to the website of Hello!, Angelina Jolie’s new look as Maria Callas divided fans’ opinions, with some classifying her as “terrible”. “Casting a Hollywood diva to play a historical figure is an unforgivable mistake,” one statement said. Others would have declared, “Oh, I can see an Oscar nomination.”
Maria should focus on the final years of the Greek-American soprano, who died in 1977, victim of a heart attack. Larraín, who has already directed two other biopics of female figures (Jackiebased on the life of Jackie Kennedy, and Spencerabout the life of Princess Diana), praised Jolie’s preparation for the role, classifying her as “brilliant” and “extraordinary”.
In addition to Angelina Jolie, Maria should still star Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer, Kodi Smit-McPhee It is Valeria Golino. The script is Steve Knight.
Source: Rollingstone
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