- MALEFICENT
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| Angelina Jolie to play the Villainous Maleficent |
Walt Disney Pictures' live-action Sleeping Beauty re-telling,
Maleficent, is now eyeing a June start with Angelina Jolie in the leading role
and Robert Stromberg making his directing debut. The actress spoke with EW
about the part and what audiences can expect when the evil sorceress comes to
the big screen.
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| Angelina Jolie |
"It sounds really crazy to say that there will be
something that’s good for young girls in this," says Jolie, "because
it sounds like you’re saying they should be a villain. [Maleficent] is actually
a great person, but she’s not perfect. She’s far from perfect... In general,
it’s a very good message to say, “let’s look at something from the other side.”
But then also, what our challenge will be — and the script writer [Linda
Woolverton] has already cracked it — is not to simplify it, not to just reverse
the story but tell a bigger story that doesn’t point the finger [at Princess
Aurora] either. It doesn’t flip it."
Stromberg, best known for having served as a production
designer on Avatar, Alice in Wonderland and Disney's upcoming, Oz the Great and
Powerful, is currently in the stage of perfecting the film's visual design.
"I’ve already got my horns fitted," adds Jolie.
"My kids are very happy... We’re still figuring out the look. We’re
experimenting with different things. But the horns are the horns – you can’t
deny them. You have to have horns."
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| Angelina Jolie to star in Maleficent |
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