"It was important to me to show that women in their fifties also have a sex life"
Filipino La Roeelle has been playing since the 1980s, but has only recently become an international star, thanks to "10 Percent" and "Emily in Paris", in which she plays the French boss.
In an interview, she explains why it does not surprise her that her people were offended by the series and why she was happy to perform with a bikini
Avner Shavit
26/12/2021
Sunday, 26 December 2021, 00:23
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Trailer for the second season of "Emily in Paris" (Netflix)
Over the weekend, the second season of "Emily in Paris" aired, and as expected it conquered the Netflix viewing charts. Those who have already had time to watch all or part of it have noticed some changes compared to the first season: some new characters have been added, and some old characters have gained a more significant volume. Prominent among them is Sylvie, the French boss of the American heroine who manages with a high hand the Parisian marketing company in which the young woman from Chicago specializes.
This season, she is becoming a sub-hero to everything, so much so that the Walcher website even announced that the series should be called "Sylvie in Paris" and not "Emily in Paris". Not only is she professionally more dominant, but we are also exposed to her personal life. Thus we discover that although Sylvie is not a girl like Emily, she is also very romantically and sexually active.
"There's a problem of aging in popular culture, so it was important for me to show that yes, women in their forties and fifties also have life and there is a sex life," says Philippine to Roe-Bulia who plays Sylvie, in an interview with Walla!
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"I think it's true for other countries as well, but for some reason this idea of women spending time between the sheets even at this age is mostly attached to Frenchness, I do not know why."
Another change this season: part of it does not take place in the City of Lights, but on the Riviera, and in one of the highlights, Sylvie comes out of the sea wearing a bikini.
"I got the script in the middle of the closure, after eating a lot of chocolate and drinking a lot of wine, so I was a little stressed to expose my body like that," the actress said about it.
"Then I said to myself, 'Okay, so what if I'm not twenty anymore? It's normal for a fifty-year-old not to have a twenty-year-old body, everything's fine. It was very cold when we filmed it, and I still had fun."
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"I was a little stressed, but then I said to myself, 'It's okay for a woman your age not to have a twenty-year-old body.'
From "Emily in Paris" (Photo: Netflix)
Darren Starr, who wrote the series, is an American.
As a Frenchwoman, to what extent did you network yourself to correct what he writes?
"You do not correct a creator like Darren Starr! And anyway, the whole point of the series is that it brings an outside look, and that's what's interesting. If it were not for the contrasts between cultures, it would not be fun. "But if it was just my character, it would not be worth it."
Many of your sons and daughters have been upset about how the series presents them.
I guess that did not surprise you.
"Of course not, that was to be expected. The French have no sense of humor. We can't accept that strangers laugh at us. By the way, all French people watch the series. They hate it, but they like to hate it, which is also very French."
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Sylvie in Paris. From the second season of "Emily in Paris" (Photo: Netflix)
In addition, the actress has also starred in more artistic films, including of renowned directors - for example Andrzej Wade's Demons, according to Dostoevsky and starring Isabel Hopper. "When filming series for Netflix, you work at a faster pace than it was in the cinema, but today everything is faster, so I got used to it. I also like it, because there is a sense of urgency and it creates interesting energy," says the actress, in an interview with several other journalists From around the world. "In the end, the game work is similar, no matter if it's a Netflix series or an art film. All that changes is the schedule."
Is there a lesser known movie you made that you would especially recommend to your new fans?
"Yes, a movie called 'Camomille' 'from 1988. It was a low-budget social drama. We were a team of 12 people, and no one watched the movie, but I wish someone else would watch it. The streaming is gaining momentum in France,But the French still cherish the tradition of artistic cinema and cling to it - and that's a good thing. "
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What do you think of the clothes Emily wears in the series?
"I think Emily is not dressed like a Frenchwoman nor is she supposed to dress like a Frenchwoman. She dresses like an American in Paris. She has her own style, which is cute to me. She obviously dresses differently from me, and that makes sense - because I'm French, and she does not. We do not realize how much this series laughs at the Americans as well. "
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