Angelina Jolie To Play Legendary Opera Singer Maria Callas In ‘Spencer’ Director Pablo Larraín’s New Biopic 

Angelina Jolie has landed a brand new function in acclaimed director Pablo Larraín’s subsequent film- a biopic centered on well-known opera singer Maria Callas.

The film, titled “Maria” tells “the tumultuous, lovely, and tragic story of the lifetime of the world’s best opera singer, relived and re-imagined throughout her remaining days in Nineteen Seventies Paris,” as per its longline.

Callas was one of the crucial well-known opera singers of the twentieth century. The American-born Greek soprano singer was born in Manhattan however obtained her opera coaching in Greece at age 13 earlier than transferring to Italy for her profession. Through the years, she confronted near-sightedness that almost left her blind, in addition to a number of scandals in each her private {and professional} life. She had a serious rivalry with Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi and an affair with Aristotle Onassis, whom later married Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, coincidentally the topic of Larraín’s movie “Jackie”.

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“Having the prospect to mix my two most deep and private passions, cinema and opera, has been a long-awaited dream,” Larraín mentioned of the forthcoming undertaking. “To do that with Angelina, a supremely courageous and curious artist, is an interesting alternative. A real present.”

In the meantime, Jolie famous that she takes the duty of Callas’ life and legacy “very critically.”

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“I’ll give all I can to satisfy the problem,” the actress mentioned. “Pablo Larraín is a director I’ve lengthy admired. To be allowed the prospect to inform extra of Maria’s story with him, and with a script by Steven Knight, is a dream.”

Larraín’s earlier two biopics landed each of the movies respective main girls nominations for greatest actress- Kristen Stewart who portrayed Princess Diana in final 12 months’s “Spencer” and Natalie Portman as Kennedy Onassis in 2016’s “Jackie”.