Angelina Jolie “didn’t really think” she’d have to sing in ‘Maria’ until she started vocal lessons

Angelina Jolie “didn’t really think” she’d have to sing in ‘Maria’.

The 49-year-old actress portrays opera singer Maria Callas in the biopic but didn’t really register everything she’d need to do to play the soprano until she had her first lesson with a music teacher.

She recently told Best magazine: “I made the mistake in the beginning of thinking, when he asked me to sing a little, ‘I like movie singing.’

“I could sing a bit I guess.

“I very quickly realised that you can’t fake sing opera. Not that I wanted to fake sing anything, but I didn’t really think I was going to be asked to actually sing.

“Somehow, it didn’t cross my mind. I don’t know why.

“I didn’t completely understand until I was standing in this room and Pablo (Larrain, director) had met so many different teachers and he found one to begin.”

And Angelina “started crying” as soon as she had to sing during that first lesson.

She added: “The first time, he said, ‘OK. Plant your feet’…

“He took me seriously as a singer, which was very moving to be already.

“He said, ‘Take a deep breath and then start to make sounds’ – I started crying.

“Because I think we all hold so much in that we don’t really let out.

“We don’t let our full voice out.”