As every year, the Cannes Film Festival rhymes with the stars. And the 2023 edition is no exception to the rule, with some of the biggest names in the seventh art meeting on the Croisette from May 16 to 27. Focus on ten of them!
Natalie Portman
Being in Cannes to compete in May…May December! Such is the holiday program for Natalie Portman, who in Todd Haynes’ film is a Hollywood actress who meets a woman (Juliana Moore) whose love life made headlines twenty years earlier and who will soon be embodied on the screen.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio will be on the Croisette to present what is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated films of Cannes 2023: Martin Scorsese’s Assassins of Flower Moon. “Leo” and “March” seventh collaboration dish: certain… Robert De Niro’s presence in the credits! Did you say climb the stairs?
Virgin airs
Two years after Paul Verhoeven’s presentation of the sulphurous Benedetta and a year after hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, Virgin Air is back at Cannes. One that is now essential in the cinematic landscape will be doubly relevant on the Croisette with Valerie Donzel’s feature films Love and Forests and Nothing to Lose.
Harrison Ford
Indy on the Croisette! Harrison Ford took to the stairs to present Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, which sees him take on the iconic adventurer for the fifth and final time. Mads Mikkelsen and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be by his side to blow a strong wind of adventure (and also a light nostalgic breeze) on his skin. Great moment in perspective!
Brie Larson
The Oscar for the best actress for the room, with the role of the superhero Captain Marvel, the popular American actress Brie Larson will be one of the stars of Cannes 2023. He will be on the Croisette not to represent a feature film, but as a member. Jury Chairman Ruben Ostlund and in which he will face especially French Denis Menochet and Julia Ducournau.
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp climbs the stairs as the festival begins. The American actress is definitely one of the headliners for Jeanne du Barry, who will open Cannes 2023. In the historical feature film, directed by Maven, Depp doesn’t go beyond the face of intrigue as he portrays nothing more and nothing less than the king. Louis XV. Keep in mind that his daughter Lily-Rose, born of a union with Vanessa Paradis, will also be in Cannes for the presentation of the TV series The Idol (available June 5 on Prime Video), in which he responds to The Weeknd.
Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck in Cannes… at night! The American actor will come to perform at the midnight screening at the end of the festival Thriller hypnotic. Directed by Robert Rodriguez (Night in Hell, Sin City), Affleck stars as a detective. While investigating a series of high-profile heists, he finds himself embroiled in a case involving his missing daughter and a secret government program.
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson will be one of the biggest Hollywood stars to walk the Croisette this year. To put it mildly, the American will not be alone to present the asteroid city on the steps of Cannes! The cast of Wes Anderson’s film is truly insane, from Tom Hanks to Margot Robbie via Steve Carell, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston and Edward Norton. Star shower in perspective…
Pedro Pascal
A few years ago, Pedro Pascal would not have appeared on this list of big stars expected at Cannes. But today the situation has changed… In two TV series, The Mandalorian and The Last Of Us, the actor took a new dimension and became the main figure of entertainment. He will be on the Croisette to present the short film Strange Way of Life, Pedro Almodovar’s western in which he plays Ethan Hawke.
Michael Douglas
“After a career of more than 50 years, it is an honor to return to the Croisette to open the festival and to speak our common language, the language of cinema. These words were used by the American Michael Douglas, who will receive the Palme d’Or during this 2023 edition, replacing his compatriots Forest Whitaker and Tom Cruise. The 78-year-old actor hasn’t returned to the Croisette for ten years and presented My Life with Liberace.
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