Back in the shoes of investigating judge Marianne Vauban, the actress talks about the evolution of her character, her motherhood and on topics that are in the news. Marianne, Wednesday January 10 at 9:10 p.m. on France 2.
In this season 2, Marianne is it more unclassifiable?
Marilou Berry: No, on the contrary, entering into her privacy shows that she has a fairly banal life, even if she retains her madness. Simply, he is a being who knows how to take pleasure where it is.
What changes does the arrival under her roof of Zacharie, the teenager in her temporary care?
Marianne enjoys living alone, so that inevitably creates a little friction. But she is very attached to him. Her mother will also show up and we will discover that she is not so far from Marianne.
You took a break between I promise you and the return to Marianne. For what ?
I took this break because I had been touring non-stop for five years, including all the summers, which I spent without my son. I needed this time with him. I took the opportunity to make rugs. (Laughs.) It also made me want to direct and write. To make a film, it takes me three to five years.
You said in an interview that the birth of your child created fears. Didn’t she calm others down?
Not at all unfortunately, because before he was here, if I had work or money problems, it was only me at stake. So, even if I work a lot today and I I’m very happy, these are anxieties that I didn’t have. And then I turned 40 in February. I realized that in the profession, I had received a lot of condescension. Not because I was young, but because I was a woman.
What were the consequences?
To think about these questions is to dive into an ocean of awareness. When I listen to the President of the Republic talk about Depardieu, I tell myself that he insults victims of sexual assault. And I have the same feeling when I see that it takes forty to lead to an indictment of PPDA… I’m lucky to have defied the statistics and not suffered this, but it’s revolting.
What does the fact that personalities, like Fanny Ardant, support Gérard Depardieu inspire you?
The speech of Fanny Ardant, I can’t hear it anymore. But I know that she is part of a generation where the norm was to keep your mouth shut, or even agree to sleep to get a role. And then, it’s difficult to admit that we belong to this system.
Furthermore, you are also exasperated that your image is used to promote slimming pills…
Yes, it’s been around for months on social networks and I hear a lot about it. However, it’s a scam. I have never advertised, neither for that nor for anything else. I filed a complaint a year ago, but it didn’t change anything.