Charlotte Gainsbourg participated in this year’s Kering Women’s Sport in the Sports, part of the star-studded cast of Wes Anderson’s new film The Phoenician Spine. Gainsbourg is also one of the protagonists of the original series "étoile" recently released by Amazon Prime Video. The show comes from "The Wonderful Lady Maisel" creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino.
Gainsbourg is a Cannes veteran who won the festival’s Best Actress Award in 2009 for her famous role in Lars von Trier’s “Anti-Christ”. During her Kering conversation, host variety Angelique Jackson of Gainesburg admitted she initially "had troubles in Cannes" when young actors participated.
“My first best memory was with Lars von Trier,” Gainesburg said. "I'm very proud to finish this movie and show it here. The prizes are very special."
"Anti-Christ" begins a collaboration between the actor and director, who will continue to include "Melancholy" in 2011, "Fairy Maniac" in 2013 and "House Built by Jack" in 2018. Gainsbourg met with Trier while playing "Anti-Christ", which marked a change in her career, as she often lets the director come to her with a performance offer.
"The only project I've fought for is... to meet Lars and think he hates me," Gaisburg said. "I didn't do the scene. I was just meeting him and then going back and I thought I would never get this. It's something I really want. The movie "21g" I really want, I really want it. I'm so pregnant. I went to Los Angeles and that part was a woman who couldn't get pregnant, I was there, I was there."
"I'm very proud of these challenges," she continued. "When you get everything just because someone wants you, it doesn't make you believe you can do it. It makes you believe that you always have to wait for someone to verify you. When you fight for something, you feel like you have it."
Gainsbourg has all eight episodes of "Étoile" circulating in Prime videos, and the new Anderson, who opened in the theater, has a prominent moment in her career. It's not that she wants to see her project.
“I’m very suspicious of myself,” Gainesburg said. "I don't want to watch movies anymore. I'm performing and forgetting myself and having other actors and forgetting. It's my fun. Look at the result is not what I want. I don't need to see it."
Gainsbourg will walk on the Cannes carpet on May 18 at the world premiere of the Phoenician Project.