Rencontre envoûtante avec Mélanie Laurent
ComĂ©dienne et dĂ©sormais chanteuse, on savait MĂ©lanie Laurent touche-Ă -tout. Elle devient rĂ©alisatrice avec « Les adoptĂ©s », dans lequel elle joue Ă©galement, Ă lâaffiche depuis mercredi, et sâaffiche en image ensorcelante du parfum Hypnotic Poison de Dior. RencontreĂa vous trottait en tĂȘte le fait de devenir un jour lâimage dâun parfum ?
Non, mais quand une maison comme Dior vous contacte, vous envisagez cette possibilitĂ© ! Jâavais Ă©tĂ© sollicitĂ©e plusieurs fois mais cela ne convenait pas. Et Dior fut une Ă©vidence⊠Je mây reconnais, et puis Hypnotic Poison est un parfum hors du commun. Je suis trĂšs fiĂšre de le reprĂ©senter.Que reprĂ©sente Dior pour vous ?
Câest un nom magique, fĂ©erique mĂȘme, qui Ă©voque bien sĂ»r le luxe, lâĂ©lĂ©gance et la fĂ©minité⊠Etre Ă©gĂ©rie Dior, câest vraiment entrer dans lâunivers fascinant de la Haute Couture et dâune grande maison de parfum. Plus personnellement, Dior câest aussi les sublimes robes de princesse créées pour moi pour la cĂ©rĂ©monie dâouverture et de clĂŽture du festival de Cannes oĂč jâĂ©tais maĂźtresse de cĂ©rĂ©monie cette annĂ©e⊠Les essayages dans les ravissants salons de Couture, la premiĂšre dâatelier reprenant inlassablement la mesure de la longueur dâune traĂźne, mon Ă©motion quand jâai reçu les robes achevĂ©es Ă Cannes. Un rĂȘve de petite fille devenu rĂ©alitĂ© ! Et puis, jâaime aussi beaucoup lâinsolence dâune Maison qui se permet de nommer un parfum Poison car, Ă sa sortie, son nom fut un scandale
Now in the gallery are 50 brand new high-quality stills of MĂ©lanie’s appearance on “Au field de la nuit” back in 2010. Enjoy!
Gallery Links:
Interviews and Specials > Talk Shows and Broadcast Interviews > “Au Field de la nuit” (Mar. 1 2010)
I’ve added a new photoshoot of MĂ©lanie to the gallery. I’m not sure what magazine these were even published in, so they’re brand new to me! Enjoy.
Gallery Links:
Studio Photoshoots > 2011 > Session 08
Also, the English language section of the Press Library has been updated with recent articles. The French section is still out-of-date, but that will be a project for another day.
In an interview with designer Maxime SimoĂ«ns, he spoke briefly of MĂ©lanie. He doesn’t say much, but I thought it was a cute story — he wanted to meet her for a long time, but her agent always said no, and then one day they met randomly at the gym. She went to his show back in January, but unfortunately not the one this past week!
Quelles autres stars avez-vous séduites ?
Pauline Lefevre, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, l’actrice de Pirates des CaraĂŻbes 4. Puis Ă©videmment MĂ©lanie Laurent.Vous avez l’air de bien vous entendre, comment vous ĂȘtes-vous rencontrĂ©s ?
En fait, je voulais la rencontrer depuis longtemps, j’avais demandĂ© Ă son agent si cela lâintĂ©resserait de porter mes crĂ©ations. Mais il m’a toujours rĂ©pondu “Non ça ne lâintĂ©resse pas”. Puis un jour je l’ai vue dans ma salle de sport, et j’y suis allĂ© au culot, mais gentiment hein ! Et elle m’a dit qu’elle voulait bien voir ce que je faisais. On est allĂ© boire un verre et elle a beaucoup aimĂ© ce que je faisais. Elle a portĂ© une de mes robes au Sidaction, oĂč elle m’a d’ailleurs invitĂ© !
Beginnersâ MĂ©lanie Laurent on Heeding Quentin Tarantinoâs Advice and Loving Cats
This weekend, MĂ©lanie Laurent, the 28-year-old French actress known to American audiences for playing the fierce Shoshana in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, co-stars in her second American film, Mike Mills’s Beginners. Beginners, Mills’s follow-up to Thumbsucker, is the very lovely, funny story of a man (Ewan McGregor) whose father (Christopher Plummer) comes out of the closet at 75 and dies five years later, intercut with the story of the same man falling in love with Laurent’s character Anna, a French actress temporarily in L.A., shortly after his father’s death. We spoke with the accented Laurent about the movie (which co-stars a dog), roller coasters, and looking out for the right post-Basterds project.
Hi, this is MĂ©lanie Laurent. Iâm an actress.
Hi, Iâm Willa. Iâm a journalist. When people ask you what you do, is that what you say, “I’m an actress”?
No, Iâm trying to say Iâm an artist, which is different but [laughing] in France it kind of sounds pretentious.Ha! Itâs kind of pretentious in English, too.
Iâm singing and directing and Iâm an actress, so I donât feel like saying, âOh, Iâm an actress, Iâm a singer, Iâm a director.â I donât feel like saying that.
Actor MĂ©lanie Laurent on John Galliano, Lars Von Trier, & Finding Love in âBeginnersâ
In her new film, Beginners, French actor, director, and musician MĂ©lanie Laurent plays Anna, an aspiring starlet who reluctantly falls for Ewan McGregor’s Oliver. As the two lovebirds begin their courtship, Oliver is also plagued by his elderly father Hal’s (Christopher Plummer) inoperable cancer. Hal, an openly gay man who came out of the closet at the age of 75 following his wife’s (and Oliver’s mother’s) death, ignores his mortality and spends more and more time with his young lover, frequenting gay dance clubs and hosting Harvey Milkâthemed movie nights.
0diggsdiggBeginners is loosely based on director Mike Mills real-life relationship with his own father, but if McGregor embodies a version of Mills, Laurent is quick to dismiss the idea that sheâs portraying his wife, auteur Miranda July.
âNo, no, no,â she said over the phone last week. âHeâs insisted that Iâm absolutely not playing her. If anything, I think I represent one of his ex-girlfriends.â Laurent, who was inducted into the American mainstream in 2009 as the fiery projectionist in Quentin Tarantinoâs Inglourious Basterds, has had a busy few months, juggling her production schedule while also collaborating on tracks with singer-songwriter Damien Rice, landing a plum gig as the new face of Diorâs Hypnotic Poison fragrance, and acting as Master of Ceremonies at last monthâs Cannes International Film Festival.
A video interview was posted by Leberry.fr about a month ago with MĂ©lanie responding to criticism that’s become harsher and harsher, particularly by keyboard warriors — it seems like after her album was released, she became one of the least popular actresses in France. I’ve added a few captures to the gallery, but it’s the interview itself that’s more interesting. Take a look!
Gallery Links:
Interviews & Specials > Online Interviews > Leberry.fr Interview (2011)
You can read part of an interview from Studio CinĂ© Live where MĂ©lanie finally talks about “Beginners” on the L’Express website. She also talks a bit about Cannes and her other films.
MĂ©lanie Laurent: “Je n’ai jamais ressenti autant de pression”
Entre un trĂšs bel album En t’attendant, les concerts, la sortie prochaine du dĂ©licieux Beginners avec Ewan Mc Gregor, la maĂźtresse de cĂ©rĂ©monie du Festival 2011 a un emploi du temps aussi surchargĂ© qu’excitant. Elle le passe en revue pour nous.
Le 15 juin, on vous retrouvera dans Beginners de Mike Mills, un film indĂ©pendant amĂ©ricain oĂč vous jouez une actrice française amoureuse d’un jeune homme dĂ©pressif qui vient de perdre son pĂšre, dont il a quelques annĂ©es plus tĂŽt appris l’homosexualitĂ©. Comment avez-vous eu accĂšs Ă ce projet?
C’est mon agent amĂ©ricain qui m’a fait passer ce scĂ©nario en me disant qu’Ewan MacGregor et Christopher Plummer Ă©taient attachĂ©s au projet et que pas mal de comĂ©diennes avaient Ă©tĂ© approchĂ©es, dont Michelle Williams. Et mĂȘme si mon anglais n’est pas parfait, j’ai tout de suite Ă©tĂ© emballĂ© par l’univers de Mike (Mills). On m’a alors demandĂ© d’envoyer des essais filmĂ©s et j’ai eu envie de les faire avec mon ami BenoĂźt PĂ©trĂ© (Thelma, Louise et Chantal). Et il y a parfois des connexions Ă©tranges. Car il m’a alors expliquĂ© que c’est la vision du premier film de Mike, Ăge difficile obscur, qui lui a donnĂ© envie de faire du cinĂ©ma ! On a donc fait ensemble un mini court mĂ©trage Ă partir de certaines scĂšnes du film. Et Mike m’a rappelĂ© peu aprĂšs pour me dire que ces essais correspondaient exactement Ă sa vision du film. J’Ă©tais vraiment trĂšs heureuse.








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