Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks... So many actors who struggle to watch their own films, once the shooting is over. Marion Cotillard is one of them. The 47-year-old actress, then guest of the show "Totémic" on France Inter, Monday, May 22, confided in the conflictual relationship she has with the big screen, as soon as she appears there. If some completely refuse to confront their image, Guillaume Canet's wife watches at least twice the feature films in which she plays.
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In question, its uncompromising demand. "The first time I watch the film, unfortunately, I look at myself," she begins by explaining. She combs through her performance, scrutinizes the smallest details... All with a picky eye, making the task exhausting to say the least. "I see everything that's wrong so it's pretty terrible as a projection," she said.
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All in contradictions
Moreover, the directors with whom she works are warned from the outset. "Generally, I warn filmmakers that I will hate because most of the time I hate films (in which she plays, Editor's note)," says Marion Cotillard, who still nuances her remarks, often specifying that she ends up "adoring them". The one who is also a producer therefore systematically splits a second viewing, with the objective of "[arriving] to see the film", once freed from the yoke of its initial judgments.
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