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Priceless: Audrey Tautou interview
We caught up with the delightful Miss. Audrey Tautou when she was in London this week to talk about her brand new romantic-comedy Priceless, find out what she thought about playing a very different role to Amelie, her love of rom-coms and why you won't be seeing her in Hollywood any time soon…
LOVEFiLM: Is it fair to say your character Irene isn't totally likeable? Audrey Tatou: I never imagined that she could be a dislikeable character. I don't know why, but my morals make me understand the reasons why she wants what she wants. I accepted that she had this dream of being a princess, that she wanted this world of money and luxury; that she's going to find her happiness. I was also more concerned about the complexity of the character and the depth, and the fact that she used some special strategy to fulfil her dream and obtain what she wants. LF: So you don't think she's a little bit of a bitch? AT: Not at all! She's really less a bitch than the guys who want her. I think that the nasty people are mostly these guys who know what kind of girls they are. These guys, they buy women. I think that's disgusting. She just wants to have a good time. LF: Did the fact that the director wrote the part for you change the way you approached it? AT: It didn't change the way I approached it. But it was very flattering that he thought about me. Because I have dreaming of working with him for a very long time and I didn't think I could be his cup of tea - if that sentence has good resonance here! So when my agent told me there's a director you like who's writing a role for you I had to know who it was because I was so scared of being disappointed. And when he finished the script, he [my agent] said this is the moment for me to tell you who he is. And I loved it. I knew I would. But I didn't dare to think it would be such an interesting part for me. LF: Were you influenced at all by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany's? AT: Oh, I knew that he wanted to make a very elegant, romantic comedy in the way they were making them in the '50s. But he had told me about this movie, which I had seen of course. But Irene is a character of her time. She's not naive or sweet. She's tough. So I couldn't get any influence. I had to do my own thing. LF: Do you get many offers from Hollywood? AT: Well, no, not that much. I'm not looking for those offers. If there's an opportunity, like The Da Vinci Code, where's there's an audition and I get it, I'm happy to... jump in the big bath. Almost like a tourist. But I don't have any ambitions to make a career there.
LF: How do US or British rom-coms differ from French rom-coms? AT: Well, I don't like to generalise. But what I like about this comedy is that in a way it can be cruel or rude sometimes, not like a sweet rom-com. In a traditional rom-com, you have two partners and maybe at the end they're going to sleep together. And in this movie, the first thing that happens is they sleep together! So it shows a part of our society that is not that nice. It's almost a modern enslaving to a buy a woman to be your wife or your girlfriend. It's a hard situation. I would prefer her to be happy in her life. She's not a victim but she can easily become a victim. LF: Do you think money can buy love? Or happiness? AT: Well, that's exactly what the movie is about. There are some things in life that you can't buy, even if you are the richest man in the universe. Those things exist, because if they don't, it would be even worse. LF: What's the most expensive thing anyone has ever bought you? AT: Bought me? Maybe this camera. I don't know how much, but it's very expensive. LF: What do you take photos of? AT: Well... journalists! I like to photograph when I travel. I have a nice camera, but I don't do nice photos. I'm not good. I'm an average photographer. LF: Would you ever do something completely different, like starring in a horror? AT: Well, me, I'm very technical. So when they propose me a movie, I always think how it's going to be for me to shoot it. So a horror movie, I'm gonna think, "I'm gonna spend three months, pretending that I'm scared. And yelling. And covered in blood...' I don't think that, for me, I'm interested in exploring those emotions. As an actress, for me, that's not interesting. LF: Your working with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet once more, this time shooting a commercial, what is it about him that you love? We said that we will do a trilogy. Amelie, A Very Long Engagement and shooting the commercial! To work with Jean-Pierre, it's not just to have the pleasure to work with him but it's to work with all his crew which I adore. It's a pleasure to share a new adventure with people I like. And know that the result won't suck!
LF: Your soon to be the face of Chanel, is it odd to see your face on big posters? AT: I don't think about that, because it's too early. After Amelie and the success and this hurricane, there's nothing that can make me scared! Even The Da Vinci Code, I was like, 'Pah!' There's thinks that are so much more important than that. LF: Is it true that after the success of Amelie you went and worked with monkeys in Indonesia? AT: No, I didn't work on monkey. I went to Indonesia to see some. Titles related to this articleRelated/similar articles
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