Since February 4, 2023, Louise Bourgoin has been starring in the film La Montagne by Thomas Salvador. During the filming, which took place in the high mountains, the actress was confronted with a tragedy that had a strong impact on her.
2023 is a busy year for Louise Bourgoin. At 41, the one who was made popular by her post as miss weather on Canal+ has now become an essential star of the big screen. The actress is on the poster for season 3 of the series Hippocrates in which she plays Chloé Antovska, but also in the film That’s my man signed Guillaume Bureau, The Medium by Manu Laskar, Antisquat by Nicolas Sihlol or even A serious job by Thomas Litli. A busy film program for Louise Bourgoin who is starring in the film The mountain, by Thomas Salvador, released in theaters on February 4.
Proof that the actress who had not had to pass a test to obtain the role of Adèle Blanc Sec is still acclaimed by the directors. For the purposes of filming the fantasy drama currently in theaters, the actress traveled to the Alps. The opportunity to indulge in tobogganing, enjoy the powder or even a good Savoyard fondue? Not quite for Louise Bourgoin who admitted not being in her element in the mountains.
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A tragic event
“I had never been in winter sports in my life, I don’t even know how to ski, explains Louise Bourgoin. I had difficulty breathing, I was very tired to climb three steps, and above all I I had a headache, entrusted Louise Bourgoin to our colleagues from La Bande Originale on France Inter. Challenges overcome by the 41-year-old mother for the needs of the production, but the latter remembers a terrible event which marked her deeply.
Some scenes of the film take place in high mountains, which pushed the team to go to more than 3500 meters of altitude to shoot. This is where the actress was confronted with a tragedy that is unfortunately common at this altitude. “We went up with the team and two other people we didn’t know and when we came back down in the evening, they weren’t there. They died in the mountains when they reopened… It meant a lot to me. There are a lot of extreme sports, a lot of people filming themselves at the GoPro, doing things that are very risky for the images and sometimes dying from it”, she says. An event that truly traumatized the actress during the filming of The mountain. Available in theaters since February 4, this fantastic drama tells the story of a Parisian engineer who leaves the capital to settle in the Alps for his work.