Why Vanessa Paradis turned down the role of Amelie Poulin

Why Vanessa Paradis turned down the role of Amelie Poulin

It is impossible to see any other face than Audrey Tautou as Amelie Poulin. However, this iconic character created on screen by Jean-Pierre Genet was almost played by Vanessa Paradis, who politely declined the offer. timeThe last interview given to Pierre LescourtHe explained why.

“It’s a little hard to say I turned it down. But then the roles go to those who interpret them. And Audrey Tautou is absolutely divine in that role.”First announced by Vanessa Paradis on Beau Geste broadcast this weekend on France 2.

“Obviously I liked the script. I obviously wanted to work with Jeunet”continues the 50-year-old French woman who at the time had just starred in Patrice Leconte’s The Girl on the Bridge. “But I just had my daughter (Actress Lily-Rose Depp, Editor’s Note), and I was about to make a fourth album that I started writing songs for. And then I wanted to be three of us, at that time there were three of us, my son was not yet born. I wanted to be together, I had a little six months old. I didn’t want to leave.”

“It was the reason for life”Vanessa Paradis concludes beautifully. “And I told myself I’ll never regret it. Life is more important than a movie. I say that because I was very, very spoiled for proposals and I was already living on the hit.”

It was released in cinemas in 2001. The fabulous fate of Amelie Poulin It attracted more than 8.6 million viewers in French cinemas. Vanessa Paradis would wait a few years to experience mainstream success on the big screen with L’Arnacoeur, a romantic comedy in which she meets Romain Duris and attracted 3.8 million viewers.

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Source: Allocine

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