'Maria' director Pablo Larraín reveals the haunting moment he was 'moved to tears' by Angelina Jolie's 'shock' performance as tragic opera singer Maria Callas.
EW has an exclusive preview of the new Maria Callas drama, with Pablo Larraín recalling the moment Jolie's work pushed him to the emotional brink.Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault .
“Angelina was there . We were both off camera, but it was very moving. I think that determined a lot of what we did afterward,” Larraín recalls of the scene. He believes that Jolie's compulsion to shepherd the character's feelings in this way completely “transformed our process” of making the movie.
“We did that on the last day of shooting. We kept it for the very, very end. We had six-to-eight hours to do that. I operated the camera, so I was close to her, always. Angelina had to sing it out loud, with all of her power and humanity," he remembers. "By doing so, I asked her to feel the emotion and feel how broken she was in this moment of joy.
From the sounds of it, Callas' unsung pain might've transferred to Jolie during the scene. And between the film's renditions of numbers from operas likestages La Divina's reverent final act more as a new beginning than a definitive end, a spiritual curtain call, and a chance for her newfound voice to live on — with a nudge from Larraín and Jolie's hands back on earth.enters limited theatrical release on Nov. 27, followed by a Netflix streaming debut on Dec. 11.
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