“To Paris, to love!” She said, raising her glass. Life, cinema, the click of the camera, the joy of sharing: everything starts again since she can shoot films, travel “as before”, rejoices Diane Kruger. Mother of a little girl of just 3 years old – whom she had with her partner, actor Norman Reedus, met in 2015 on the set of the film Sky -, the German actress divides her life between New York and Atlanta.
She keeps this perfect beauty which allowed her to embody the myth of the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy, and to reach in the blink of an eye the Olympus of the goddesses of Hollywood in the 2000s. A dancer at the Royal Ballet in London, a model in her early youth, a safe bet in cinema, Award for interpretation at Cannes, Diane Kruger is not a spoiled diva: “I have been working since the age of 15; I was 25 when I had my first roles in the cinema and I never stopped for a single moment, ”she emphasizes confidently. She went from one continent to another, from auteur cinema to blockbusters, from comedy to drama, with agility, without ever letting herself be imprisoned in an image, from the Marie-Antoinette of Farewell to the queen, from Benoît Jacquot, to the spy Bridget Von Hammersmark ofInglourious Basterds, by Quentin Tarantino.
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In video, “The 355”, the trailer
At 45 years old, Diane Kruger continues the films without fear of the big gap. In January, she will be showing at 355*, from Simon Kinberg (X-Men : Dark Phoenix), a sort of feminine James Bond with five secret agents, alongside Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz and Fan Bingbing. She will also soon shoot a series where she will play Marlene Dietrich. No wonder luxury is interested in her! She is the new face of the Maison Chaumet: “Jewels often tell a family story and that is what makes them precious”, she says. The family spirit is what appeals to her. Her eyes are clouded with tears when she talks about a watch left to her by her grandmother, who died a few years ago. It’s Diane Kruger: under the blond, the ardor of feelings.
Madame Figaro. – What was the atmosphere like on the set of 355 and what ties did you forge with actresses like Jessica Chastain or Penélope Cruz? Diane Kruger. – I had never played in a cast that was mainly made up of women. We have formed a clan. It is often said that actresses are jealous, competitive, but above all there was a real feeling of friendship, of support, of a shared intimacy. We owe it to Jessica Chastain who is the co-producer of the film. Jessica places her passion for cinema at the service of her struggles. She wanted us all to be paid equally. And then we had babysitting on set, which made the atmosphere very family-friendly: I arrived every day with my daughter, who was eight months old at the time, and Jessica also came with her baby. . I think it’s great that a woman can finally shoot an action movie and play the role of an unbeatable heroine with her baby next to her…
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Diane Kruger is wearing a plaid cardigan, silk shirt, leather skirt and tights, St. Lawrence by Anthony Vaccarello. Twisted necklace, in white gold, asscher diamonds and brilliant cut diamonds, Chaumet.
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Women support each other more and more in the cinema. Do you think men perceive this sorority as a threat? We talked about it with Penélope Cruz who said to me: “But why do women have to constantly justify the fact of existing, of claiming completely normal rights?” I agree with her. I do not see how I represent a threat if I say that I am against pay inequalities between men and women, for example. I have heard: “It’s too feminist.” But that’s silly! We have nothing against men, quite the contrary. This is not a war.
We will see you as Marlene Dietrich in the series Woman at war, a very ambitious project in which you are both an actress, co-producer and co-director alongside filmmaker Fatih Akin. What facet of Dietrich did you choose to tell? The story begins with the release of The Blue Angel : she just left for Hollywood and becomes a star overnight. I didn’t want a frozen portrait, but to go deeper. Dietrich was one of the few stars of his time to have invented himself. She knew how to build her image and at the same time she had a flaw: vanity. The idea is to recall the reasons why she became famous because, unfortunately, today many people no longer know who Marlene Dietrich is. She was misunderstood by Germany and equated with a traitor. Yet she loved her country deeply – she helped Jewish artists flee Germany during the war and even quit her job to go to the front lines. I want to describe the committed, modern and courageous woman that she was, setting herself up as a symbol against Nazism with her interpretation of Lili Marlene, fully assuming his bisexuality in the 1930s. I also want to tell his life as a mother, wife, his love story with Jean Gabin, and try to unravel his mystery. Filming is starting soon: it’s an adventure that is really close to my heart and a challenge as an actress, because I should also be singing.
