“There are a lot of things, a lot of movement.”
Sheila Atim and Jack Lowden are a little overwhelmed by the atmosphere of this Cannes Film Festival 2022. It must be said that the winners of the Chopard Trophy 2022, which distinguishes two promising young actors each year, are in great demand.
And all the more nervous that they must receive their prize from the hands of Julia Roberts in person, the godmother of the trophy this year.
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The two actors still took the time to lend themselves to our game of questions and answers, under the dazzling blue sky of the Croisette.
Jack Lowden thus revealed to us that the common thread of all his roles was “a deep disgust with oneself”.
"Most of my characters don't like each other," he insists, not without a touch of British humor.
Actors already awarded
The 31-year-old actor made his debut in 2013 in the
Tunnel
series alongside Clémence Poésy.
We could then see him as a pilot of the Royal Air Force in
Dunkirk
(2017) by Christopher Nolan;
or in the film
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland,
during the filming of which he notably met his companion, the actress Saoirse Ronan.
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Sheila Atim, meanwhile, began on the boards in the United Kingdom before distinguishing herself in a supporting role in the musical
Girl From the North Country
.
His theatrical performances have been awarded several times and have opened the doors of the small and big screen to him with the series
The Underground Railroad
(2021) directed by Barry Jenkins for Amazon Prime, or the film
Bruised
(2020), first project of Halle Berry behind the camera and broadcast by Netflix.
She will star in
Pinocchio
with Tom Hanks, which is slated for release in September 2022. Jack Lowden is currently appearing in the new Apple TV+ series,
Slow Horses
, currently airing.
