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‘Maria’ Production Designer on Re-creating the Opera Singer’s Lavish World
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Lexy PerezImage from The Hollywood Reporter
scrn loglineAngelina Jolie transforms into legendary opera diva Maria Callas as production designer Guy Dyas recreates the lavish world of the legendary soprano in the Netflix biopic 'Maria'.beat sheet- Designer Guy Dyas painstakingly re-created Callas' Paris apartment, including her iconic grand piano that was too large to fit through the doorway, so a smaller, hollow version was built for the actors to move around.
- Dyas designed Callas' opulent bed, an 8-foot-tall headboard filled with Italian moldings and a painting of the Madonna, to make her bedroom feel like an 'opera stage' and capture the singer's larger-than-life persona.
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‘Maria’ Production Designer on Re-creating the Opera Singer’s Lavish World
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Lexy Perez
scrn logline
Angelina Jolie transforms into legendary opera diva Maria Callas as production designer Guy Dyas recreates the lavish world of the legendary soprano in the Netflix biopic 'Maria'.
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- Designer Guy Dyas painstakingly re-created Callas' Paris apartment, including her iconic grand piano that was too large to fit through the doorway, so a smaller, hollow version was built for the actors to move around.
- Dyas designed Callas' opulent bed, an 8-foot-tall headboard filled with Italian moldings and a painting of the Madonna, to make her bedroom feel like an 'opera stage' and capture the singer's larger-than-life persona.
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Angelina Jolie, Guy H Dyas, Pablo Larraín, Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis, Bruna, Netflix, 'Maria'