While she is releasing her new film as a director, Mélanie Laurent began a promotional marathon during which she responded to a rumor concerning her.
In addition to being a prolific actress, Mélanie Laurent has already directed eight films, including the most recent, Freehas just been released on Amazon Prime Video. But did you know that the French actress was selected among 300 candidates to direct a film from the Marvel universe? According to some rumors, she ultimately refused to take on this role… But the actress set the record straight with the media hero.
Mélanie Laurent, selected for a Marvel? “Still, let’s tell the truth”
Mélanie Laurent set the record straight: no, she did not refuse to make a film of the saga Made in HollywoodMarvel. “I was part of the competition, there were 300 of us, then there were only two of us… and I wasn’t accepted. Still, let’s tell the truth“, she said in this video interview, before specifying that the film in question was “cthe one that didn’t really work, the last one, ‘Black Widow'”.
Remember that the superhero film, starring Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh, and released in 2021, had achieved nearly a million admissions in France for its first week of operation, a more than honorable score while cinemas had just reopened after the pandemic. Furthermore, it grossed $380 million at the worldwide box office.
Is Mélanie Laurent bitter not to have been chosen by Marvel?
But even if she was not selected to direct the feature film, Mélanie Laurent retains good memories of these past attempts: “Cit was great, I had a blast doing this competition (…) I don’t know if I wanted to do that for 3 years of my life, but knowing that there were only two of us when we was 300 at the start… it was crazy!“, she assured. In addition, the actress seen in American films Murder Mystery 2, Six Underground or even Inglourious Basterds came out of this experience having learned a lot about her other profession as a director.
“I was asked to do such absurd and crazy things (…) I had to edit them and show them the trailer for my fictional Marvel. I’m sure that this little trailer I had to make helped me make ‘Thieves’ (film she directed and released in 2023 on Netflix, editor’s note) For example. Very very cut editing, knowing what shots you take, what rhythm you put in, the magic of editing, the number of rushes you need to have to punctuate the film“, detailed the actress who, ultimately, has no regrets!
