In this Valentine’s Day period, several romantic comedies have joined the Netflix catalog. This is particularly the case of the film 20 years apart which depicts the romantic relationship of two characters played by Virginie Efira and Pierre Niney. A shoot that was not easy for the two actors, especially during the intimate scenes.
Ten years after its theatrical release, the film 20 years apart enjoys a second wind thanks to its posting on netflix. An ideal program to watch this Valentine’s Day week. Unsurprisingly, fiction ranked fourth in the most-watched programs this week on the red-logo streaming platform. On the poster of this romantic comedy directed by David Moreau, Virginie Efira, in the skin of Alice Lantinsand Pierre Niney, who embodies the young Balthazar.
Divorcee, Alice Lantins is a mother who works for the famous fashion magazine Rebel. But when she thinks she has everything to be promoted as the new editor-in-chief, her image of a stuck up woman risks earning her the much-desired position. But when she meets a young student named Balthazar, the gaze of his superior changes completely. The beautiful and ambitious then decides to feign a love relationship with the young man to obtain his promotion. A dangerous game that will quickly make her understand that she is ultimately not so indifferent to the student played by Pierre Niney. And if the complicity of the two actors is undeniable on the set, they nevertheless had much more difficulty in shooting the intimate scenes.
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Virginie Efira: “We had to forget our modesty”
It is important to remember that erotic scenes can sometimes be trying but above all very embarrassing for the actors.. A point on which the two protagonists of 20 years apart. During an interview with our colleagues from Konbini, Pierre Niney mentioned the difficulty of playing these erotic scenes which have the annoying tendency to be programmed at the start of a shoot. Perfect for breaking the ice with your on-screen partner. “I don’t know how they get together in the schedules, but it’s often at the very beginning of filming, when you don’t know the actress at all yet. It went very well in the end, and we got on well. laughed and it was cool. But we had a real sex scene in bed, together, and it was day 1 or 2 big max. Very quickly, as we laughed together, it broke the ice “he confided to our colleagues.
A point of view also shared by the interpreter ofAlice Lantins in this romantic comedy. “With Pierre Niney, it immediately stuck. He’s great and very funny. The shooting started with the love scenes, we had to forget our modesty. During the sex scene, I died laughing. Luckily he was there”declared Virginie Efira to our colleagues from Melty.