Julia Roberts Delights Cannes at Chopard Dinner: ‘Cinema Is the Love of My Life, Second to My Husband’
variety.comZack Sharf Julia Roberts touched down in Cannes to attend the Chopard Trophée Dinner, in which she was tasked with presenting awards to rising actors Sheila Atim and Jack Lowden.
The event was held at the Carlton Hotel Beach Club and was attended by the likes of Xavier Dolan, Saoirse Ronan, Vincent Lindon, Lashana Lynch, Rebecca Hall, Noomi Rapace and Deepika Padukone, among other celebrities.
Roberts was named theGodmother of the Trophée Chopard ahead of the Cannes Film Festival.“Everybody get a picture and you know what we are going to do, we’re going to put all of our phones down,” Roberts told the crowd during her awards presentation. “This is about cinema, which is the love of my life second to my husband.” Sheila Atim recently appeared in Marvel’s blockbuster “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and next has a role opposite Viola Davis in the warrior epic “The Woman King.” Jack Lowden first made an impression with his role in Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” and most recently appeared in a leading role opposite Gary Oldman in the Apple TV+ series “Small Horses.”“I wouldn’t have traveled from work, and gotten on a plane, and gotten here, and done all I’ve done to talk about people who I don’t really want to invest myself in, so this is legitimate praise and honor that I feel right now,” Roberts told the two actors. “I am your godmother now but it doesn’t mean you can call because you don’t need anything else from me.”Atim accepted the award by saying, “I think what’s wonderful about this award is that its trying to celebrate and uplift emerging talent.”“This is such an incredible honor.
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