Cannes common Léa Seydoux joined playful press convention for fest opener The Second Act, the place speak sometimes turned severe because the actress was peppered with a number of questions from the worldwide press about her ideas on the #MeToo period.
“I’ve been a really lucky individual as an actress. In the beginning of my profession, I labored with individuals who revered me, roughly,” mentioned Seydoux. “Some girls had been actually victims. However in my case, I can’t evaluate with somebody girls who actually went via and skilled very severe issues.”
#MeToo is a contentious concern in France, the place the notion is the leisure trade has been gradual to evolve. Seydoux has beforehand spoken about difficult situations on Blue is the Warmest Shade, her 2013 Palme d’Or winner that landed her worldwide fame, and featured a 7-minute lesbian intercourse scene that took 10 days to shoot, whereas the movie concerned upwards of 100 takes for a single shot.
“If you find yourself younger actress, it’s tougher. You’re extra weak,” mentioned Seydoux at Cannes Wednesday. “There’s nice respect when taking pictures a movie. Individuals are usually much less acquainted. I sense the change, even in very intimate scenes, when a movie is being shot. There’s better respect.”
The Second Act hails from French DJ-turned-director Quentin Dupieux and pokes enjoyable on the movie trade and the egos surrounding it, utilizing a film-within-a-film conceit. The function additionally tackles every part from synthetic intelligence to Me Too. Regardless of all of it, the filmmaker insisted “there’s no message” in his movie, which additionally stars Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, Raphaël Quenard, Manuel Guillot.
“I made enjoyable of nearly everybody, together with myself,” he mentioned of the undertaking. “It’s like a calming tub with a little bit of acid within the water, to amuse you on this very disquieting, worrying world.”