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Published August 19, 2009 300 Words* From a Beautiful Woman On...
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You may not have a vision of French ingenue Mélanie Laurent burned in your brain just yet,
but Quentin Tarantino's Nazi deathpic Inglourious Basterds should help. As should the French porno
she just directed, A Ses Pieds. We sat down with her on the still-unopened-but-totally-stunning
roof deck of the Standard Hotel and let her French charm wash over us... UD: You play a smoldering Tarantino heroine whose family was murdered by the Nazis and thinks constantly about revenge. Discuss. ML: Ya, she's calm, strong, she's a little bit dead inside and she wants revenge. UD: So obviously, you identified with her… ML: Umm, I'm very close with her...I'm a little bit like that, sort of, French, rebel actress, like I say everything I want to say. I just want to enjoy that moment, I don't want to think about future. Can I smoke? Sorry, French smoke all the time... UD: Sure. Have you gotten in trouble for smoking here? ML: I was dying for a cigarette and it was really forbidden and everyone was like "Gasp! Whattt!!!" And I was like "I'm French, what am I gonna do?" You can't smoke here, but you invented the cigarette! UD: You can get away with it in some of the clubs here. ML: I went to a club and loved Amy, but I don't remember the name of the club. UD: Amy Sacco from Bungalow 8? ML: Ya, small place, with trees. The club is great. It was lovely. But I heard about how you have criticizes for the clubs. Like magazines who say "Don't go there." That is so American to destroy places. UD: UrbanDaddy would never do that. ML: So if I want to go out in NY I have to read your magazine… UD: Enough about us—tell us about your new porno. ML: It's a female vision, so it was really soft core and chic and I just dress all my actresses in Chanel…they were the most beautiful girls. UD: If you had to cast any American actresses, who would you cast? ML: Natalie Portman. And I love Charlize Theron. UD: How about actors? ML: I love Edward Norton. And Clint Eastwood [laughs]. Ya, I can imagine a porn movie with that guy. UD: Lightning round: Favorite movie? ML: Boogie Nights—it's about porn [laughs]. UD: Favorite drink? ML: Vodka grapefruit, cosmopolitan when I'm here—it's so Carrie Bradshaw, ha-ha. UD: New York or Paris? ML: Paris. Sorry. UD: It's okay. French porn or American porn? ML: French. UD: Carla Bruni or Michelle Obama? ML: Michelle Obama. UD: Guilty pleasure? ML: Meat. Burgers when I'm here in New York. UD: And lastly, but most important, French guys versus American guys? ML: Ah, well...I wish they can be more gentlemen sometimes, the French... UD: Well in that case, let us get this door for you... |
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