With her signature sweet smile, her eyes still clear and smart, and her demeanor showing a French and casual atmosphere, it's hard to imagine that Sophie Marceau is 57 years old this year.
The iconic bobo head is also reminiscent of the short-haired girl she played in La Boum more than 40 years ago, which was one of the most popular hairstyles in the history of French cinema.
In 2024, the French version of VOGUE
In 1982, filming "First Kiss"
Nowadays, an oversized suit with a simple shirt is a perfect fit. "I don't want to be broken by the weight of life. I wanted to take it easy and continue my path briskly, without the baggage on my back. Marceau said during the interview.
Many people's impression of Sophie Marceau may still be stuck in the impression of that beautiful French actress, after all, many classic images she created on the big screen back then are really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The debut work youth comedy "First Kiss" caused a huge response as soon as it was released, and it became a phenomenal movie at that time. She plays an adolescent girl, Vic Beretton, who has a conflicting relationship with her parents, first love, and school problems.
Stills from the movie "First Kiss".
"First Kiss" is directed by the Italian director Claude Pinoteau, who later collaborated with Marceau in 1988 on another romantic comedy, L'Étudiante (Heartbeat), in which Marceau plays Valentine Ezquerra, a female college student who is also occasionally a part-time teacher.
Stills from the movie "Heartbeat Feeling".
Her bookish looks have become one of the most impressive student images in film history, and the stills in this film have become the best demonstration of the prevalence of intellectuals.
In addition to French films, Marceau has also appeared in many Hollywood films. In 1995, she starred in her first Hollywood production, Braveheart, in which she played Isabella, the wife of Queen Edward II of England, which won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, and made Marceau internationally famous.
A still from the movie "Braveheart".
Later, in 1999, she starred in the action movie "007: The World Is Not Enough", in which she played a "femme fatale" Elektra King, which became one of the most impressive "Bond Girls" in the 007 series, and also made more people discover the original Marceau's villain type who can also interpret this kind of charm.
Stills from the movie "007: Black Sun Crisis".
In addition, there are actually many of her masterpieces, "Fang Fang", "Anna Karenina", "The Phantom of Louvre", ...... The types of roles she can handle are also very diverse.
In the eyes of most people, she seems to be a "chosen one" in the film industry, with outstanding beauty like a gift from God, and her first work was an instant hit.
Marceau was born in 1965 on the outskirts of Paris, where her father was a truck driver and her mother worked in a department store. The family's financial situation is very tight, which is why she wanted to start working at a young age, so at the age of 13, she applied for an advertising agency, hoping to earn some money to support the family.
Perhaps she herself didn't expect this to be a step towards fame, so she auditioned for a life-changing audition and successfully played the role of Vic Beretton in "First Kiss", and later took over the sequel to the film. With her wonderful performance, Sophie Marceau, who was only 16 years old at the time, won the César Award for Most Promising Actress. When she walked up to the Caesar ceremony to receive the trophy, she burst into tears.
1983, Caesar Award Ceremony
Despite her rise to fame at a young age, Marceau also showed a very calm and humble side, saying during the Cannes Film Festival that year: "They wanted me to be a star, but I was just a lucky beginner. Pinoteau's (director of the film "First Kiss") is the star, not me. ”
Marceau与导演Claude Pinoteau
Although she attributes her teenage fame to good fortune, the talent she shows in her performances is undoubtedly outstanding, and she may be well aware of it. As early as when she came to China for an interview many years ago, she said this sentence - "I believe that I was born for the sake of movies".
However, she said that this sentence is only for the profession of actor, as for the fame and exposure brought by the identity of an actor, she is afraid to avoid it.
She is afraid of becoming famous, and the purpose of her acting is not to become a celebrity. Entering this industry was a mistake, and staying in this industry was because after she was exposed to acting and movies, she found that she really liked it. Working with different people and exploring different worlds of thought is exactly what I'm interested in.
Despite her young age, she has a lot of ideas about her life and career plans. At the age of 15, she stopped her studies, bought her own apartment in Paris, and devoted herself to acting, and at the age of 16, she borrowed a large sum of money to redeem her contract with Gaumont Films for 1 million francs in order to have more autonomy in her career path.
As for what made her want to be independent despite everything, it was an experience when she was young, when a group of 50 or 60-year-old men on the set would order her to undress and act in sexy scenes, which made her feel very disgusted.
So, after becoming famous, she secretly decided to take all the initiative into her own hands.
It is not difficult to find that among all the roles she plays, there are few particularly fixed styles, and negative and obnoxious roles are not uncommon. Talking about her criteria for choosing films, she said that she didn't set any special standards for herself, usually she just looks at the feelings, and if she likes it after reading the script, she will take it, and as for the outside world's opinion of her, it will not affect her own decision too much.
This casual attitude is also reflected in her love life. Shortly after becoming famous, at the age of 18, she met and fell in love with director Andrzej Żuławski, who was 26 years her senior, because of a romantic movie "L'amour Braque" (Wild Love), and the two dated for 16 years and also have a son.
At the age of 40, she fell in love with director Christopher Lambert, who was 10 years older than her, and the relationship lasted for seven years.
This kind of unconventional emotional experience can be imagined, it is not accepted and favored by the public, and she herself has received a lot of criticism because of this, but she also ignores these negative voices from the outside world.
Whether it is career or relationship, she has always done her own thing, only making the movies she wants to make, only talking about the love she wants to talk about, and only doing what she wants to do.
In addition to being an actor, Marceau has also tried to participate in the production of the film many times over the years. In 2002, she wrote and directed the feature film "When Love Becomes a Habit", for which she also won the Best Director Award at the 26th Montreal Film Festival. Later, the suspense movie "Phantom Pursuit" and the comedy "Mrs. Mills" are also works directed and acted by her.
Movie "Phantom Pursuit"
Movie "Mrs. Mills"
It's been more than 40 years since she started the industry, but she never seems to lack the courage to take on challenges. Last year, after a 12-year absence from the theatre, she returned to the theatre stage to co-star with François Berléand in La note, which will be touring all over France.
In life, she is also living her life the way she wants, with an extremely real attitude. The recent photos shared on her social media accounts show her hair tied up at random, spots and wrinkles on her face, and she is not afraid to show her true appearance in front of everyone.
In her opinion, aging is a normal phenomenon, and although she loves beauty, she will never want to inject her face with Botox, because it is like putting on an unnatural mask. Nowadays, whenever she appears in the public eye, she always wears the most natural and light makeup, and her dress is not too noisy, and she is a very simple and temperamental fashion.
Both externally and internally, Marceau has always been the most authentic to the person. In her, we can also see an incomparably tenacious and powerful soul, when encountering injustice, she will rely on her own strength to change, and when she meets the person she loves, she dares to devote herself to it regardless of everything, and she has lived into the free appearance that every girl yearns for. Beauty seems to be just the least noteworthy shining point in her.