How was it to act opposite the American-born Alessandro Nivola, who speaks French in this film?
I knew that he could do accents, but I’ve never seen him do a whole film in a foreign language. Yes! He did an amazing job, because as a French person, when you listen to him talking, he speaks an amazing French, really amazing. He was great, very professional. He gave this look to Chanel which was the thing…it was that look that gave her confidence and fortitude. Alessandro was the only actor on set performing in his non-native language. I’m sure you can relate to that, having made English-language films before. Yeah, yeah, yeah! I always kept telling him, “I know it’s hard, but don’t worry, you’re doing wonderfully well.” It can be very frustrating to speak in a foreign language because you don’t have the same freedoms as in your language. Sometimes you just want to feel freer! Does that influence your desire to seek out English-language projects? I’ve received some English-speaking scripts, but I was not interested in them. I would love to occasionally do English-speaking films, but
