This Sunday, May 26, Golshifteh Farahani will be on the set of the show 8:30 p.m. Sundaybroadcast on France 2. The actress, starring in the film Roqya, by Saïd Belktibia, is one of the faces of the Iranian opposition. She will tell how she fled her country and how she continues her fight for freedom. For the occasion, let’s return to her love story with Louis Garrel. Golshifteh Farahani was in a relationship with the actor and even shared the film’s poster The two friends, which he himself directed in 2015. Golshifteh Farahani played Mona, the main character of the feature film, while his ex-companion played the role of Abel, who is in love with Mona. A shoot of which the actress does not have very good memories.
Golshifteh Farahani had a bad experience with this collaboration. “ Louis wrote this character for me, inspired by me and with me in mind », Confided the actress to the magazine Graziabefore continuing: “ I questioned myself all the time. I felt like I was worthless, I told myself that I had to leave cinema, that maybe I wasn’t cut out for it. » Interpreting Mona has it « destroyed “, explained Golshifteh Farahani: Louis Garrel “ pushed me to my limits. I had already had the feeling that a character could damage me. But during this shoot, for the first time, I had the impression of being a bad actress. Once filming was over, I was completely destroyed “.
Maurice Garrel, opposed to the acting career of his grandson Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel follows in the footsteps of his grandfather Maurice Garrel, also becoming a famous French actor. However, Maurice Garrel was strongly opposed to this project, when his grandson was only a young teenager. Last year, when he was a guest on the show Nice gesture, on France 2, Louis Garrel said that his grandfather did not view his desire to become an actor very favorably. “ When I was 12 or 13, I told him: ‘I still want to play.’ And he replied: ‘It’s not a man’s job’ », Confided the actor. The young man was surprised by his grandfather’s response, who added: “ If you want to do it, you do it as if you were going to become a doctor, that’s the least you can do. So, you go to conservatories at 12. » Advice that the actor, now 40 years old, did not follow.
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