The Venice Film Festival enticed audiences as they revealed a clip of Angelina Jolie from her upcoming film Maria. The biographical drama film is about opera singer Maria Calla.
Have YOU got a story? EmailAngelina Jolie had never sung onscreen - or in public - before she signed on to star as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín's biopic Maria, which had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on Thursday.
'My first time singing I remember being so nervous. My sons were there and they helped lock the door so that nobody else was coming in, and I was shaky. I was frightened,' described Jolie - who's mother to Maddox, 23; Pax, 20; and Knox, 16. The former Hollywood wild child - who grew up listening to The Clash - said her biggest 'fear' would be to 'disappoint' the ardent fanbase of Maria: 'I really came to care for her, so I didn't want to do a disservice to this woman.'
The movie depicts Callas rehearsing for an imagined performance that never comes to be as a camera crew led by Stranger Things star Kodi Smit-McPhee films her. The former Hollywood wild child - who grew up listening to The Clash - said her biggest 'fear' would be to 'disappoint' the ardent fanbase of Maria: 'I really came to care for her, so I didn't want to do a disservice to this woman'
On Wednesday, Netflix bought the US distribution rights, but a release date has yet to be announced for Maria, which is in competition for Venice's Golden Lion prize. Two-time Oscar-nominated prosthetics designer Arjen Tuiten was hired to transform Angelina's face, but she still appears to have her own tiny nose rather than the characteristically large one Maria had in real life
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