Camille Cottin protects her children and her partner from media exposure despite her status as
Hollywood's darling
Frenchie
. Without an Instagram account, the faces of Anna, 8 years old, and Léon, 13 years old, only appear very rarely on a few red carpets. A way to keep them away from the media whirlwind that their famous mother is experiencing. Too young an age to understand too.
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Camille Cottin, Benjamin Mahon and their daughter at the Marrakech film festival. (In Marrakech, December 2, 2023). Marechal Aurore / Marechal Aurore/ABACA
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“As they grow up, they become more interested in it”
It's difficult when you live in Paris not to realize that your mother is a movie star. “The other day, my daughter, 8 years old, came home all excited: 'Mom, I saw you on a poster! You were completely white! Yes, yes, I'm sure it was you, it's called
L'Empire
'”, relates Camille Cottin in the interview given to
ELLE
magazine this Thursday March 28. “As they grow up, they become more interested in it (...). Now they ask me more questions,” observes the actress. Moreover, she says that her son Léon told her, after seeing
Toni with his family
,
that this film made him want to be nice to her more. An original parenting style.
Camille Cottin and her cinema family: the casting of
Toni en famille
. (In Angoulême, August 24, 2023). Castel Franck / Castel Franck/ABACA
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“It doesn’t impress them”
Far from being
nepo babies
in the making, ready to surf on their famous mother's career at a very young age to build their own, Camille Cottin's two children are for the moment quite indifferent to the career they are discovering in her. “It doesn’t impress them that much, they ask two questions and move on,” she says. She nevertheless takes the time to talk to them about her preparation for the roles, to answer these famous questions, especially when it comes to going on film. “My job can take me away from home, I think it’s important to share the reasons for my departure.” Fortunately for Léon and Anna, they can count on their dad, to whom Camille Cottin makes a beautiful declaration of love in the same interview.