Larrain points to two specific moments that surpassed even his expectations for such a difficult part.
One is a scene in which Jolie doesn’t even appear on screen.
Even off camera, Jolie seemed possessed with the spirit of the woman she channeled.
Angelina Jolie in ‘Maria’.Pablo Larraín/Netflix
Angelina was there [for shooting].
We were both off camera, but it was very moving.
I think that determined a lot of what we did afterward, Larrain recalls of the scene.
Angelina Jolie and Pablo Larraín on set of ‘Maria’.Pablo Larraín/Netflix
Pax Jolie-Pitt/Netflix
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.
Angelina Jolie in ‘Maria’.Netflix
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.
“I was in shock,” Larrain says.
(L-R) Angelina Jolie, Pierfrancesco Favino, and Alba Rohrwacher in ‘Maria’.Pax Jolie-Pitt/Netflix
From the sounds of it, Callas' unsung pain might’ve transferred to Jolie during the scene.
Mariaenters limited theatrical release on Nov. 27, followed by a Netflix streaming debut on Dec. 11.
See EW’s exclusive images from the film above.
Pierfrancesco Favino and Alba Rohrwacher in ‘Maria’.Pablo Larraín/Netflix
Angelina Jolie in ‘Maria’.Pax Jolie-Pitt/Netflix
