It's only a matter of days before one of the world's best-known actors and tabloid stars, Angelina Jolie, becomes a resident of Budapest again for a few months.
The Oscar-winning and three-time Golden Globe-winning American actress, who recently made the headlines more because of her scandalous divorce from Brad Pitt, can finally focus on work again: for almost three months, she will be filming in the Hungarian capital about the life of opera star Maria Callas solo film.
- Although the film is about the last years of the opera singer with a wonderful voice, when he lived alone in Paris and stopped performing, the director definitely wants scenes that give a kind of retrospective on his successes on stage. The venue was perfect for that, as one of the most beautiful operas in the world is located in Budapest, so the production sought out the Opera House, and the staff had already been informed that filming was expected in the building - an informant told the Blikk informant, while the institution's press department also confirmed the news.
– The makers of the Maria Callas film did indeed contact the Hungarian State Opera House, but in the absence of authorization, we cannot provide information about possible filming. In general, it can be said that all film shoots taking place in the properties of the Hungarian State Opera House require some flexibility on the part of our staff, however, our institution only provides locations for shoots that do not significantly affect the operation of the theater and its announced program - reads the official answer.
Browsing the official website of the Opera House reveals that there are no performances announced in the theater for at least 15 days in the next three months, and in some periods the program calendar is empty for several days in a row, which provides an opportunity for filming.
With this shoot, Jolie returns to Hungary after 13 years. The last time she visited Budapest was in the fall of 2010, when we witnessed the production of her first film, The Land of Blood and Honey, but in January of that year she also spent some time here with her husband at the time, Brad Pitt, when the two-time Oscar winner and three-time Golden A Globe Award-winning American actor filmed scenes for his film World War Z here.
At that time, the family lived in a villa in the second district, which they rented for three million forints a month, and the children attended the French school in Máriamete.
Blikk knows that Angelina Jolie, who presumably brings only the youngest children, i.e. 17-year-old Shiloh and 15-year-old twins, Vivienne and Knox, with her, wants to live in a quieter private house again during this time, where much you can better protect your privacy. Not to mention the fact that he can meet his friend Johnny Depp, the director in Hungary, in much more peace of mind. The two stars have been on good terms since filming their joint film The Traveler, and according to rumors, they were more than friends.
