Marion Cotillard talks Angelina Jolie, activism & the circus of French politics
I generally think of Marion Cotillard as a whackadoodle in real life. She’s a talented actress, but her interviews usually sound sort of spacy and restless. Marion has a new interview with The Guardian to promote her new film Two Days, One Night, which debuted at Cannes this year. The filmmakers, the Dardenne brothers, are beloved in France and their films usually win big prizes. But at Cannes, the film was snubbed. Marion tells The Guardian: “For me? I really don’t care. But the film? Yes. The Dardennes get an award every time they go to Cannes, so I got a little paranoid and thought: ‘Oh my God, maybe it’s my fault.’” Huh. I wonder? I’ve heard that Marion isn’t super-popular in France. Like, she’s a bigger movie star here than in France. I wonder if that’s it. Anyway, you can read the full Guardian piece here and here are some highlights:
She is an outcast: “I’ve always felt an outcast. There is something strange about me. I don’t ever feel at ease in a group of people. I have to fight hard to overcome my fears.”
Not wanting to be haunted by Lady Macbeth: “Before my family, everything in my life was dedicated to the character. The more deeply affected I was by her, the closer I felt to her. But I cannot lock myself away in another world any more. I don’t want it to affect my son when I’m in a weird state because I’m ‘depressed’ or ‘killing a king’.”
Paparazzi attention in France & abroad: “Having your picture taken in the street and put in a magazine won’t change your life. But what happened to people in England, hacking phones. It’s vomit. It’s sick. This f–king changes your life. If someone is cheating on their wife in the street and pictures are taken, fine, that’s their risk. I’m not talking about some people… who currently run this country.”
France’s swing to hard-right politics: “French politics is a circus. The French people like to shake things up a bit, but Marine Le Pen getting into government? This will never happen. Never.”
Her environmental & political activism: “I’m a nature lover, but I’m a human being lover, too. Nature will survive us. The thing we’re going to f–k up is us – and animals. Destroying what makes us live is sick. More people are waking up but it’s super-slow. Why don’t we listen to the wise men in our world?” She reels off a list: Al Gore, French-Canadian astrophysicist Hubert Reeves and Algerian writer and farmer Pierre Rabhi.
The paradox of being an environmentalist & an actor/model: “Campaigning and acting aren’t compatible. That’s why Audrey Hepburn gave up acting. That’s why Angelina Jolie will give up. I’m not ready to stop yet.”
I think she’s going to be an interesting Lady Macbeth, don’t you? I wasn’t jazzed about it initially, but I’ve started to come around on the idea. I want to see how much chemistry she has with Michael Fassbender. I bet it’s “a surprisingly amount.” Anyway, I thought that was interesting that she cited Angelina Jolie as someone who will quit the business to become an activist full time. Marion is probably right.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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