badness
At the end of 1998, Sophie Marceau received an offer to play a James Bond girl in the 19th novel of the saga. Director Michael Apted offers her a flamboyant counter-employment as the sultry Elektra King, the daughter of an oil tycoon with a troubled game. Sincerely, the interested party does not hesitate: “At 33, for the first time in my career, I was finally going to play a real villain in a complex because it’s interesting role, and that’s exactly what got me excited.”
Hard working
Before signing her final contract, producer Barbara Broccoli, who was the exclusive owner of the movie license, had Sophie go through three days of intense trials in which she had to act out all four scenes of the movie.
bilingual
The producers don’t bother with the 007 series. The actress must speak perfect English: “I had to pronounce every word without an accent. I had a coach who gave me the correct pronunciations. It was difficult, I felt a bit trapped in this principle”, lamenting.
Affected
On January 11, 1999, a huge film shoot (budget: $135 million) begins in London, and the actress marvels at the effectiveness and immense meaning of the “Bond machine”: 400 workers secure the banks of the Thames, where a speedboat chase will take place that will result in an explosion. On this occasion, the police blocked traffic on three bridges.
frustrated
The actor cannot be consoled for not being able to act on his own, the dizzying skiing scenes in Chamonix with Pierce Brosnan: “The insurance refused to protect me, does he remember. So I knelt on a wheelbarrow in front of a camera and had to pretend I was skiing.” In between filming, Sophie downloads a few solo songs just to quell her frustration…
in love
On set, the director and technicians are mesmerized by the natural and radiant beauty of the actress. If she feels this good in her head and body, it’s because she fell madly in love with producer Jim Lemley just months after a painful breakup with filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski.
Kindergarten
She demands that her son Vincent, with whom she is with Zulawski, accompany her throughout the six-month filming. Therefore, the actress finds a nanny for her 4-year-old child. Hot James Bond girl and exemplary mom!
The world is not enough Thursday, July 6 at 20:55 France 3.
Jean-Baptiste Drouet
Source: Programme Television
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