Whether you are English, French, Italian, American or from another country, it is difficult not to know Marion Cotillard. The one who so aptly embodied Edith Piaf in The kid, a dramatic biopic by Olivier Dahan released in 2007, quickly made a name for itself in the big leagues. In 2008, it was even the consecration since she won the Oscar for best actress. A waking dream that will open wide the doors of the Hollywood industry to her without her finally having a little finger to lift or even a mouth to kiss. In a long interview with WorldMarion Cotillard looked back on her first steps in the United States and on this promising career that was offered to her, despite the bad advice she heard to help her break through.
At the time, Marion Cotillard was already in a relationship with Guillaume Canet. But the idea that the public knows her in a relationship with a Frenchy is not seen favorably by certain producers who push her to “invent a life“: “They tried to introduce me to actors. It wasn’t to shoot a movie, but to see if I could get attention. If I got into a relationship with a well-known American actor, I immediately benefited from more interest.“
Far be it from her to sabotage what is most precious to her, Marion Cotillard ends up showing up at one of the meetings that are organized for her, without taking on the role that she had been asked to play. ‘interpret : “I ended up going to one of them. But I told the comedian about my boyfriend. Let’s be clear, I was landing. I was exotic. I was fresh flesh.“Marion Cotillard did not let herself be carried away by this whirlwind. And it is clear that she was right since that did not prevent her from making a place for herself in the minds of the greatest American directors.
In 2009, Marion Cotillard gave the reply to Johnny Depp in Public Enemies by Michael Mann, then in Nine by Rob Marshall Inception and The Dark Knight Rises by Christopher Nolan allies by Robert Zemeckis and more recently Annette by Leos Carax, for which she climbed the steps of the Cannes Film Festival last year alongside Adam Driver. Next step : Lee, biographical film on photographer Elizabeth Lee Miller, by Ellen Kuras with, among others, Kate Winslet. The class.