Cannes common Léa Seydoux joined playful press convention for fest opener The Second Act, the place speak often turned critical because the actress was peppered with a number of questions from the worldwide press about her ideas on the #MeToo period.
“I’ve been a really lucky individual as an actress. Initially of my profession, I labored with individuals who revered me, kind of,” stated Seydoux. “Some girls had been actually victims. However in my case, I can’t examine with somebody girls who actually went by and skilled very critical issues.”
#MeToo is a contentious difficulty in France, the place the notion is the leisure trade has been sluggish to evolve. Seydoux has beforehand spoken about difficult situations on Blue is the Warmest Coloration, her 2013 Palme d’Or winner that landed her worldwide fame, and featured a 7-minute lesbian intercourse scene that took 10 days to shoot, whereas the movie concerned upwards of 100 takes for a single shot.
“When you find yourself younger actress, it’s tougher. You might be extra weak,” stated Seydoux at Cannes Wednesday. “There’s nice respect when capturing a movie. Individuals are usually much less acquainted. I sense the change, even in very intimate scenes, when a movie is being shot. There’s higher respect.”
The Second Act hails from French DJ-turned-director Quentin Dupieux and pokes enjoyable on the movie trade and the egos surrounding it, utilizing a film-within-a-film conceit. The function additionally tackles the whole lot from synthetic intelligence to Me Too. Regardless of all of it, the filmmaker insisted “there’s no message” in his movie, which additionally stars Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, Raphaël Quenard, Manuel Guillot.
“I made enjoyable of nearly everybody, together with myself,” he stated of the mission. “It’s like a soothing tub with a little bit of acid within the water, to amuse you on this very disquieting, worrying world.”