Stacy Martin on the "Young Godard"

The brilliant star of "Nymphomaniac", shot by the cult director Lars von Trier in 2013, reincarnated in the muse of Jean-Luc Godard in a new painting by Michel Hazanavicius.

From the nymphomaniac to the muse

And here is the "Young Godard" - a heartfelt love story of the brightest representative of the new wave of Jean-Luc Godard and his beautiful music, Anna Vyazemsky. Exciting Stacy appears before the camera dreamy and naked, without doubles, and the camera continually lingers on her beautiful body, giving the viewer all the subtlety of her flushed feelings.

So what has changed in a few years? Stacy Martin has his vision of the creative process:

"In fact, nothing has changed. It's all about relationships on the set, in mutual understanding between the actress and the director. Many think that it is much easier for actresses to give a lot of things than for men, that they make concessions easier. For example, shave your head or undress before the camera. I'm trying to break these stereotypes. Cinema is a very demanding industry, actors do not really decide much. It is very important to decide for yourself what you need. Wanting to light up in the frame, many commit stupid things. I'm not going to change my appearance or undress in order to use one chance. "

She's a bit old-fashioned, but smart and strict - it's all Stacy. It was her own style and her determined views on many things that finally convinced the director Michel Hazanavicius that he could not find the best candidate for the role of Anna, the famous princess, the actress and granddaughter of the Nobel laureate in literature François Mauriac:

"As soon as I saw Stacy on casting, I immediately realized that it was she. She is a real icon of the style of the 70's, she is incredibly elegant, a little detached and, which is especially striking, she can effectively keep silent, this is the brilliant quality of the actress of silent cinema. "

The most strict critic

Before the artist was not an easy task. On the one hand, it was necessary to get used to the role of an actress with impeccable French style of the 1970s, and on the other hand a little bit burdensome to the real person who has the right to evaluate your work like no other. At the time of the release Anna Vyazemski was alive and personally watching the talented Stacy play. In addition, the script was based on Vyazemsky's memoirs and she could at any time disagree with this or that decision of the director or crew. But resourcefulness Martin helped the actress cope with all the difficulties:

"The first picture with Vyazemsky's participation, which I saw, was" Balthazar's Failure. " I was delighted. In the process of working on the role, I did not specifically look for meetings with Anna to independently study the character and build a behavioral line. Copy it did not enter into my plans. "

The plot of "Young Godard" unfolds in 1968, during the revolutionary period. Paris protests against Charles de Gaulle. And the history of the marriage of a genius and his muse is closely intertwined with historical events, involving the viewer in the abyss of the creative process and passion between two talented people. In the picture, a special atmosphere of that era is felt, the slightest details, manners, styles and fashion trends of a new revolutionary wave are taken into account.

I'm not interested in fashion

But, despite the fact that Martin, as a student in London worked as a model and even became the face of the famous MiuMiu, she admits that her fashion is of little interest:

"Working as a model taught me to be self-confident, gave independence. It's much better than working in fast food and, besides, I was able to raise the right amount for training. "

Today, Stacy Martin is very much in demand. She is constantly busy on the set. Famous European and American filmmakers want to shoot it in their films. Only for 2017, Stacy starred in four scenes. Also soon there is a new picture of Ridley Scott "All the money of the world", the first Hollywood work of Stacy. The actress has lived in London for more than 10 years and considers it her home. Free time, which every day becomes less, Martin enjoys spending in the museum, the old cinema or a small cozy bar in Soho.

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Martin admits that he has everything that he wanted:

"I'm happy that I have the opportunity to star in the talented directors, and work in two languages ​​- French and English."