It is ‘too personal’: Angelina Jolie opens up on loneliness, work ethic
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The movie tells the story of Callas's life, focusing on her final days in Paris. Before settling down in Paris, Callas had an exciting and successful life performing as an opera singer.
The movie tells the story of Callas's life, focusing on her final days in Paris. Before settling down in Paris, Callas had an exciting and successful life performing as an opera singer.
At the AFI Fest premiere, Angelina Jolie talked about her new film Maria where she plays the famous opera singer Maria Callas. While discussing the role, Jolie spoke about how she understands feeling lonely when someone is very focused on their work and gives it their all. She could relate to Callas on a personal level, especially since Jolie herself has been going through tough times, including her ongoing legal issues with Brad Pitt.
During the conversation, Jolie was honest about not being perfect herself but stressed that what matters is keeping up hard work and never giving up, even when things are difficult.
Work ethic and personal issues
Speaking to PEOPLE at Hollywood’s AFI Fest premiere, Jolie shared she doesn’t want to “speak too much about it because it’s too personal, but there’s definitely a loneliness and a work ethic.” Drawing parallels to legendary Maria Callas she added, “I may be many things, but I'm a very hard worker, right?”
"I'm an imperfect person, but I work very hard, and she does,” she added.
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Pointing to shared identities, she explained, “We’re probably both pretty hard on ourselves.” When Jolie showed her film Maria at a big film festival in Venice last August, the audience was so touched by her performance that it stood up and clapped for eight whole minutes.
Maria, the film
In the film Maria, Angelina Jolie plays Maria Callas, a famous singer who was both American and Greek. The movie tells the story of Callas's life, focusing on her final days in Paris. Before settling down in Paris, Callas had an exciting and successful life performing as an opera singer. The story shows how she finally found some peace in Paris after her busy career. Sadly, the movie also shows how her life came to an end when she died from a heart attack in 1977 when she was just 53 years old. The film is made by director Pablo Larraín and aims to show both the public and private sides of this famous singer's life.
