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Benoît Poelvoorde: "Human weaknesses, cowardice, things that are a bit ugly interest me"

2022-11-08T14:01:36.907Z


INTERVIEW – The actor is on the poster for Colors of Fire, the adaptation of Pierre Lemaître's novel by Clovis Cornillac. And proves he's the best at making bastards love him.


Le FIGARO.- Do you continue not to see your films, or as little as possible?

Benoît POELVOORDE.

-

Yes.

Colors of Fire

,

I'm bound to see it because Clovis is pretty disciplined.

Simply out of friendship, he would like to have my opinion.

I have to see the movie.

The problem is that I can't ignore myself.

I look at myself and when I leave the room I say that I never want to do this job again.

When you shoot, do you know if the film is going to be good or bad?

Absolutely not.

I never go to the combo (

control screen on set, editor's note

).

If I go, it's really that I have doubts and it's a bad sign.

A director who wants you in his film is a bit like someone who invites you to dance.

You're not sure the guy knows how to dance… After three dance steps, you have an idea.

Besides, it's not always the director's fault if the film fails.

What about

Colors of Fire

then?

I started off panicking.

I was coming out of

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Source: lefigaro

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