While playing the role of Cleopatra in Asterix and the Middle Empire by Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard faced very specific criticism: that of her own children Louise and Marcel.
Promoting at the moment for Asterix and the Middle Empire, Marion Cotillard made an astonishing revelation on the set of Quotidien. Indeed, the actress lifted the veil on a scene of her family intimacy by revealing the opinion of her children on her role as Cleopatra in the film by Guillaume Canet, her companion and father of her children. “I always have a little trouble talking about my children” she says before explaining that one day her son Marcel Canet, 12, “comes to see me in my office”, visibly troubled. “I would like to tell you something” he told her before changing her mind “I’m afraid it will hurt you”.
“He’s going to hate that I say that” explains Marion Cotillard facing Guillaume Canet who confirms. “And I said to him: ‘No, my cat, you can tell me everything.'” It was on these words that the ax fell: “I don’t think you are good in dad’s film.” We understand better why the young boy rather wanted to keep his opinion to himself. Moreover, it should be noted that Louise, 6 years old, the daughter of Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard, shares this feeling about the Cleopatra of the actress. A criticism that the actress ended up understanding later: “I understood later. They couldn’t stand me kissing Vincent Cassel on the mouth.” And Guillaume Canet adds, hilarious: “While I liked it!” To get an idea of Marion Cotillard’s performance, Asterix and the Middle Kingdom is released in cinemas in France on Wednesday February 1, 2023.