In an interview with designer Maxime Simoëns, he spoke briefly of Mélanie. 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 Caraïbes 4. Puis évidemment Mélanie Laurent.

Vous avez l’air de bien vous entendre, comment vous êtes-vous rencontrés ?
En fait, je voulais la rencontrer depuis longtemps, j’avais demandé à son agent si cela l’intéresserait de porter mes créations. Mais il m’a toujours répondu “Non ça ne l’intéresse pas”. Puis un jour je l’ai vue dans ma salle de sport, et j’y suis allé au culot, mais gentiment hein ! Et elle m’a dit qu’elle voulait bien voir ce que je faisais. On est allé boire un verre et elle a beaucoup aimé ce que je faisais. Elle a porté une de mes robes au Sidaction, où elle m’a d’ailleurs invité !

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I’ve added some new photoshoot images to the gallery. Some are untagged versions that we previously only had tagged, and the rest are new photos of an existing session. Enjoy!

Gallery Links:
Studio Photoshoots > 2010 > Session 05
Studio Photoshoots > 2007 > Session 12
Studio Photoshoots > 2006 > Session 05

Today I’ve added over 500 screencaptures of the making-of in the DVD extras on “Requiem pour une tueuse.” I always look forward to these because Mélanie is so lively and fun behind the scenes! Enjoy. Also, we officially have over 40,000 photos in the gallery now!

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > Requiem pour une tueuse (2011) > DVD Extras – Making-Of

Mélanie’s February 2011 film “Requiem pour une tueuse” was released on DVD this week and I’ve added over 1,000 captures to the gallery. It didn’t receive very good reviews, but Mélanie looks lovely and her all-Balenciaga wardrobe was great!

Gallery Links:
Film Productions > Requiem pour une tueuse (2011) > DVD Screencaptures

Mélanie had a concert in Paris a couple days ago June 15th at famous venue La Cigale. See some photos in the gallery!

Gallery Links:
Public Appearances > 2011 > Live Concert at La Cigale

Mélanie allegedly has an offer for “Clash of the Titans” director Louis Leterrier’s  next film “Now You See Me.” The key word here is offer: she’s mentioned just recently in interviews for “Beginners” that she’s gotten offers for big American movies before that she’s turned down, and she intends to be picky with her projects. I would be genuinely surprised if she accepted because the part doesn’t sound very “her” at all, but see the article below for a bit more info:

The upcoming film from Clash of the Titans director Louis Leterrier may still sound a little goofy, but it’s seeking some big talent to possibly add some legitimacy. According to Variety Leterrier is working to cast Jesse Eisenberg, Jake Gyllenhaal and Melanie Laurent in Now You See Me, a heist film about magicians who “pull off daring bank heists during their performances, showering the profits on their audience.”Yeah, I have no idea how that would work either, but the idea of seeing Jesse Eisenberg trying to do it is so bizarre I can’t help but want to see it.

Eisenberg is only in early negotiations for the lead part, while Gyllenhaal and Laurent only have offers, which they could easily turn down. When we first wrote about his project back in February we had heard that the central characters would in fact be the FBI investigators tracking down the rogue magicians, which means we’ll probably see Eisenberg only solving crimes, not pulling a rabbit plus 50 gold bars out of a hat. Disappointing? Sure. But it sounds like there will be plenty more craziness to be entertained by in the movie, which Leterrier has planned as his post-Titans film.

While Gyllenhaal has been known to seek out these kind of action-y roles, and Laurent is so new in her career no choice could be seen as unexpected, Eisenberg seems to be really stretching here. Sure, he did a little action in Zombieland and will be doing it again in 30 Minutes or Less this summer, but since his Oscar-nominated role in The Social Network he’s seemed to be leaning a little more eggheady, filming Woody Allen’s new film in Rome this summer and considering a reunion with his Squid and the Whale director Noah Baumbach. But hey, he’s young and has a lot of newfound starpower– why not chase down expert magicians in the company of Jake Gyllenhaal?

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The Paris premiere for “Beginners” was held on June 7th, and Mélanie was present with director Mike Mills, wearing an outfit surprisingly similar to the one she did for New York. Over 100 photos have been added of the event to the gallery, so take a look!

Gallery Links:
Public Appearances > 2011 > “Beginners” Paris Premiere

There is a new event of Mélanie, but I am still waiting on photos, so I’ve decided to add a special treat instead: a Merveilleuse Mélanie Laurent exclusive photoshoot a young Mélanie took at the 2006 Cabourg Film Festival, in HQ. Enjoy!

Gallery Links:
Studio Photoshoots > 2006 > Session 17

Also if you are a fan of adorable and talented Belgian actress Déborah François, please visit my new page for her, http://deborah-francois.org!