

They all met with the real people before and needed to see how this all worked for other characters. I couldn’t try to be funny.ĬS: Do you generally feel like you need to do a lot of preparation, for instance in this case when you’re playing a social worker, do you want to meet with people who do that for a living and get into their heads? If she’s uncomfortable to make her a little too uncomfortable, to try to push it a little bit. Of course not, but you know what I mean with the separation of thinking about the character was going to be the same thing for me. It was fun to try and push my character. My approach was that I was going to play it as if it was a drama. That’s the thing that I wanted to tell them about. Nothing is a big deal, so yeah, I was maybe nervous before, but then it dissipated quite quickly. They do a lot of improvisations, but you just ride along. Omar was so welcoming and just easy to work with. That was forgotten even before we started, because it was so easy to feel comfortable with them.

It’s a genre that I love and maybe that’s why I felt a little pressure on my shoulders just to feel that I was legitimately a part of it, because also, they were so comfortable with the comedy aspects and Omar is so comfortable with that. I had done some in France and one was a big hit with Alain Chabat and since then, I was hoping to do another one and it never really happened. I was curious why that might be.Ĭharlotte Gainsbourg: Well, the excuse is because I haven’t done a lot. Olivier mentioned that he and Eric wrote the part for you, but when he contacted you, you were nervous about doing comedy. Gainsbourg a few weeks back for the following interview to talk about this unconventional role for the actress.Ĭ: I spoke to Olivier and Omar yesterday and they both said nice things about you, as I’m sure you can guess.
