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Angelina Jolie had never sung onscreen – or in public – before she signed on to star as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s biopic Maria, which had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on Thursday.
‘Everybody here knows, I was terribly nervous,’ the 49-year-old Oscar winner told reporters at a press conference.
‘I spent almost seven months training because when you work with Pablo you can’t do anything by half. He demands, in the most wonderful way, that you really do the work and you really learn and train.’
Angelina enlisted vocal coach Eric Vetro – whose clients include Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, John Legend, Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes, Rosalía, and Charlie Puth.
‘My first time singing I remember being so nervous. My sons were there and they helped lock the door so that nobody else was coming …