Mélanie Laurent was the guest of the set of C à Vous this Monday, December 12. The actress spoke about her work in Le concert, a comedy unveiled in 2009 and she was congratulated by Renaud Capuçon.
Being an actor or actress also means having to play characters in which you can be more or less uncomfortable. In 2009, Mélanie Laurent is on the poster for the comedy The concert. In this one, the actress plays the main role in the film by Radu Mihaileanu, a Romanian director. She plays Anne-Marie Jacquet, a solo violinist in search of her story. Guest of the set of C to You this Monday, December 12, she wanted to make some confidences. The main subject was the film Storm, in which she shares the poster with Pio Marmaï and Mélanie Laurent made a comparison. “The equestrian world, I discovered it and it makes me think of the movie Le Concert, what it takes for an actor to learn a new job“, she began. The reason? “We have this chance and I believe the ability to learn very quickly something that we do not know at all“, she continues before adding: “We have brains that are closed to organizing knowledge for a while and pretending“. When she had just finished her sentence, it was Renaud Capuçon who spoke. “Sorry, I’m digressing to tell you that the performance was very impressive… I was amazed“, he said in front of a Mélanie Laurent who was very touched. “Thank you very much… Coming from you, it touches me“, she concluded, delighted.
This role was really close to the heart of Mélanie Laurent, who did her best to be up to it. Even if it dates back to 2009, the actress has very good memories of it. Contrary to what one might think, Mélanie Laurent did not want to call on a stunt double for the scenes where she had to play the violin since she wanted to do them herself. Indeed, she had six months to learn this instrument and appear credible in front of the camera. For this, she was able to count on Sarah Nemtanu, a soloist of the National Orchestra of France. “I taught him the violin in a fun way, without ever telling him that it was the most difficult instrument in the world!“, she confided in the columns of Télé Star. Two to three times a week, for two hours, Mélanie Laurent took personalized and intense courses in order to learn the technical basics and adopt the right gestures. To the point of having tendonitis and the production therefore had to adapt. The extracts from the film are the work of Sarah Nemtanu and software was used to embed the right hand of Mathilde Borsarello, another violinist of the Orchester national de France. A role for which Mélanie Laurent has invested herself body and soul and which allowed him to add a string to his bow.
Mélanie Laurent: which actor gave him valuable advice?
Mélanie Laurent has crossed paths with the greatest during her career. Congratulated by Renaud Capuçon on the set of C to You, she also explained that she could count on the help of Gérard Depardieu. The actor, whom she met in 1998, took this opportunity to give her some very important advice. “He left you advice that you never forgot. launched Patrick Cohen. To which the main concerned replied: “Not learning his text“, she amused herself. Subsequently, she clarifies that he also told her: “Never go to theater class and never be afraid of ridicule“, she remembered before adding: “Don’t be afraid of being ridiculous, I’m not there yet, but don’t go to theater class, I took this advice and it wasn’t saying don’t learn your lines, it was saying to be instinctive“concluded Mélanie Laurent, who has never forgotten this conversation.