Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFrench icon Isabelle Huppert would love to play a Disney villain — except she would make her a bit “more lovable,” she laughs. “It’s scarier when you make them a bit more lovable and attractive and more manipulative instead of doing it like a classical villain.”In “White as Snow,” a playful twist on the Snow White tale, Huppert is Maud, a aging hotelier who worries about her stepdaughter Claire (Lou de Laâge), a pure woman who is the object of Maud’s jealousy.
Directed by Anne Fontaine and in theaters now, “White as Snow” puts a modern twist on the oft-adapted story.Huppert talked about her collaboration with Fontaine and playing the character who nods to the iconic wicked stepmother.
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