Angelina Jolie would “hate” for there to be a biopic of her life
Angelina Jolie has admitted that she would “hate” for there to a be a biopic of her life.
The actor, who is starring in the forthcoming biopic Maria – which sees her play opera singer Maria Callas during her final days in ’70s Paris – ruled out the possibility of her own story being told in a new interview.
When asked about the possibility of a biopic, Jolie told The Sunday Times: “That gets the most insane question award. When you’re a public person and you’re playing her (Maria Callas), you’re conscious of how you would hate for somebody to interpret your life or think they understand your life, so we tried to be thoughtful. Let’s hope there isn’t one about my life.”
Jolie went through extensive training to play the opera singer, with director Pablo Larraín previously saying: “She had to train for a long time. She trained for over seven months. There’s breathing, there’s posture, there’s accent.
“She sang in Italian and French, but mostly Italian. There’s what in music is called the pitch, which is the capacity to reach each note and follow the melody, and that was very challenging for her.”
Maria premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, receiving an eight-minute standing ovation that sparked an emotional reaction from Jolie. The actor also recently spoke about how she stopped singing because an ex-partner criticised her voice and opened up about how she “feels like an older woman” now and how that affects her acting.
The film is the third in Larraín’s series of recent biopics focused on famous women who’ve faced challenging times while in the public eye. The previous two were 2016’s Jackie, starring Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy, and 2021’s Spencer, with Kristen Stewart playing Princess Diana.
Maria recently received a three-star review from NME, which said: “Angelina Jolie may capture Maria Callas’ fragility and stoicism, but the third film in Pablo Larraín’s ‘Great Women’ trilogy is tonally unsure of itself.”
It will be released in UK and US cinemas on January 10, 2025.
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Damian Jones
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