Thieves on Netflix: Isabelle Ajani was not satisfied with just playing in Melanie Laurent’s film

In the world of cinema, Isabelle Ajan’s name resonates with talent, beauty and above all engagement, in intense roles like Camille Claudel and La Reine Margot, but also in lighter films. This is the case of Voleuses by Melanie Laurent and by Melanie Laurent. In this action comedy, he plays the godfather, the one who recruits robbers for the last mission.

The director is a big fan of Isabelle Ajani. That’s why he chose her. In an interview with AlloCiné, Mélanie Laurent reveals that the actress – who holds the record for the number of Césars won – was not satisfied with just acting: she rewrote most of her lines. “He said to me, “I think we should imagine something else about the two of us.”reveals the filmmaker. He left no doubt that I love him.”

In Voleuses, the relationship between Carol and the Godfather character is still on edge. Thanks to the momentum of the actor, it is easy to interpret many things, for example, the ambiguous past between the two women.

He continues: “I noticed that we talk very quietly with him in every scene. And for me, the quietest characters are the ones that scare me the most in movies. So he made this suggestion in his voice, which is still iconic. Everything was in this calm breath, everything about him was incredible and professional and he was happy to be there. He did incredible things. How lucky he is.”

Thieves is available on Netflix.