“Person with a very big heart”: Angelina Jolie Shares Heartwarming Moment With a Special Fan Before Getting a 8 Minute Standing Ovation For Maria
- Angelina Jolie's Maria receives an eight-minute standing ovation at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.
- Ahead of the premiere, the actress met the Italian writer Pasqualino Esposito who suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta at the red carpet.
- Angelina Jolie prepared for the role of opera singer for seven months.
Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie will appear as opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s upcoming biographical psychological drama Maria. The movie will be the third and final installment in Larraín’s trilogy of bringing iconic women to life, succeeding Jackie and Spencer, which starred Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart, respectively.
Steven Knight, widely known as the creator of Peaky Blinders, has written the script for Maria. The movie recently premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, and the reaction from the audience had the actress in tears. But her gesture for a fan before heading for the premiere will move everybody into tears.
Angelina Jolie shares a heartwarming moment with a fan with ALS at the world premiere of Maria
THR’s Chriss Garder took to his social media to share a very heartwarming moment from the red carpet of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where actress Angelina Jolie greeted a fan with ALS. The reporter mentioned that the Italian writer Pasqualino Esposito suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disorder also known as brittle bone disease.
Esposito has been a festival regular over the years, and before entering the Sala Grande Theatre for the premiere of her movie, Jolie took the opportunity to greet Esposito on the red carpet. She kneeled beside his bed and spoke to the writer and his father who were at the film festival. The reporter spoke to the writer, who said via a translator about Jolie;
She is a person with a very big heart, and she is fantastic.
Angelina Jolie walked on the red carpet in a custom strapless beige Tamara Ralph gown with a fur store covering the sleeves. The actress paired her look with bold red lips that matched her nails. Her upcoming movie Maria, directed by Pablo Larraín, is going to recount the tragic and tumultuous life story of Greek opera singer Maria Callas.
Maria received an 8-minute standing ovation at the Sala Grande Theatre, and the audience saw Jolie getting emotional looking at the response from the audience for her hard work. She was seen wiping away the tears and hugging the filmmaker and the cast. The filmmaker had spoken to THR about the movie, stating,
Having the chance to combine my two most deep and personal passions, cinema and opera, has been a long-awaited dream. To do this with Angelina, a supremely brave and curious artist, is a fascinating opportunity. A true gift.
On Wednesday, it was announced that Netflix has acquired the distribution rights to the movie. Larraín shared that he is excited to partner again with the Netflix team, which cares so passionately about movies. He added that this movie is his most personal work yet, and it is a creative imagining and psychological portrait of Maria Callas. The opera singer, after dedicating her life to performing for audiences around the world, finally decided to find her voice, and her own identity, and sing for herself.
Angelina Jolie describes preparing for Maria as ‘therapy she didn’t realize she needed’
Ahead of the screening of Maria, Jolie at the press conference that she spent about seven months preparing for the challenging role. She revealed that she worked with trained opera singers and coaches to master the posture, breathing, and movement of Maria Callas to portray her honestly on screen. The actress shared via THR,
I had no idea how much I was holding in and not letting out. So the challenge wasn’t technical; it was an emotional experience to find my voice, to be in my body, to express. You have to give every single part of yourself.
The Salt actress was asked which part of her did she relate to Maria Callas the most, and she mentioned that the part of her that is extremely soft. Jolie went ahead to explain that the world does not have room to be as soft and emotionally open as she truly was. She shared during the press conference that she shares the vulnerability of Maria Callas more than anything.
Angelina Jolie has described preparing for Maria as therapy she didn’t realize she needed. She also acknowledged that before they started filming for the movie, she was very nervous, as the filmmaker wanted to portray the best of the characters on-screen.
There has been no release date announced for Maria as of now.
