Berlin Film Festival 2025: ‘The Ice Tower’ Star Marion Cotillard Shares She Was “Intimidated By Young Co-Star”
deadline.comMarion Cotillard shared that, while she plays the enigmatic Cristina in her film (‘La Tour de Grace’), she found herself intimidated by her young co-star Clara Pacini as the pair prepared to work on the movie.
Cotillard, who won an Oscar in 2008 for her role of Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, said at the Berlinale Film Festival: “We met at my place and I realised I didn’t dare to look her straight in the eyes, I felt very uncomfortable.
I felt intimidated by Clara, she is very charismatic. That was the start of our work together, [that connection] already existed between us.” Discussing her preparation for the role of actress Cristina, she said: “I invented stories, rivalries with actors, failures and flops.
I invented her decline, in a sense.” She added: “Repeatedly, I play mysterious figures, so I want to see that mystery for myself.
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