I pass in front of Noémie Merlant, all dark on the poster ofemmanuel at the subway exit and, a few seconds later, finding the young blonde actress at a cafe table does something dazzling to us. It is a bit as if this almost simultaneous vision had immersed us in the interweaving of a kind of Mulholland Streetbetween Betty, the diaphanous blonde star who arrives in Hollywood, and Rita, the brunette with curves and a hard life, about to exchange roles. Who is sitting in this quiet little corner of the Pure Café, at 11?my Parisian neighborhood, between the bar and the half curtain that protects from outside glances, this Monday, September 23?
“As they always tell me to go dark for filming, I wanted to dye myself blonde just for myself.confesses Noémie Merlant with a smile, whose simplicity calmly brings us out of our phantasmagoria. It is a way of choosing what I am and perhaps also of differentiating myself fromemmanuel. » For several months now, she has noticed the particular effect of peroxide on certain men, who have become more familiar and insistent. “I have never been asked so much if I am single. “But I’m not going to back down for this reason, it’s good for morale to change my mind.”he summarizes while sipping a cappuccino. And also, yellow is his favorite color.
Actress for just over fifteen years, awarded a César in 2023, capable of competing with Kate Winslet (Lee Millerby Ellen Kuras, in theaters October 9) after starring alongside Cate Blanchett (Tarby Todd Field, released in 2023 in France), his enigmatic presence, his hypnotizing gaze and his muffled voice alone form a strong image. Choose to interpret emmanuelindelible icon of sex appeal, does not arrive by chance in the career of the 35-year-old actress, who has already explored the question of eroticism through several films (curiousby Lou Jeunet; Portrait of the girl on fireby Céline Sciamma…).
“Feeling like a robot”
“Over the years, the liberation of women’s voices post-#metoo, my exchanges with Céline Sciamma [amie et coautrice de son film Les Femmes au balcon, en salle le 11 décembre] and this scenarioemmanuel It allowed me to express in words what I felt… In my intimate relationships, I have the impression of being a robot that is there to please the other without obtaining pleasure. “I must admit that I connect more easily with my body alone than with my partner, which explains the root of the problem.”, she confesses, leaning against the window, with a kind of abandon and a frankness unusual in an interview. “Beyond an accumulation of traumas that causes my libido to decrease or disappear, I come to ask myself questions. Have I been so dispossessed of my body that I can’t do it or am I just not interested? »
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