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I keep reading about Woody Allen directing a new film in Paris called Midnight in Paris, but the cast seems rather nonsensical to me. There’s Owen Wilson - who I believe is the “Woody” character, plus actors like Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen…and Kathy Bates? Anyway, somehow Woody talked Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, otherwise known as The First Lady of France, into taking a smaller supporting part in the film. I believe this is the first time a French First Lady worked on a film while her husband was in office. Expectations were high. And they’re just been deflated - it seems Carla can’t act her way out a paper bag. Not even in a scene without dialogue!
France’s First Lady Carla Bruni always struck us as ever-ready for her closeup, but apparently that’s not the case when it comes to acting. Some pretty hilarious reports are coming out of Paris where the stunning wife of Nicolas Sarkozy is doing a bit part as a museum curator in Woody Allen’s new film, “Midnight in Paris.”
According to London’s Mail Online website, Bruni required at least 35 takes to film a dialogue-free scene that required her to simply walk in and out of a grocery store clutching a baguette.
An onlooker quoted in the story says Bruni sacre-blew it because she was “struggling to avoid looking directly into the camera, which didn’t impress Woody Allen.” The source added: “The baguette scene could not have been simpler, but Carla wanted to make it a big one.” If she gave Allen a big headache instead, the director downplayed it. He reportedly “was very careful to show a lot of respect” to Bruni, “especially since she was surrounded by bodyguards.”
Allen was “particularly low-key” when Sarkozy himself showed up to check out his wife’s performance. According to the Mail, “he did not look particularly enthused by Carla’s acting.”
[From NYDN]
That’s hilarious. Carla has done very, very little acting, her career was always as a model and as a singer-songwriter, so I’d imagine that she wouldn’t be very “natural” trying to “act” for the camera, rather than “pose”. But 35 takes? On a scene without dialogue? Yikes. Do you think Pres. Sarkozy was like, “So, Carla, maybe just stick to singing and modeling from now on, eh?”
Written by Kaiser
Posted in Carla Bruni Sarkozy, Woody ALlen
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19 Responses to “Carla Bruni needed 35 takes for one film scene without dialogue”
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Poor Woody. Imagine if she has to deliver a climatic court room monologue.
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She did not age well is all I can say, I guess years of hard living finally caught up with her.
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haters. Carla Bruni is gorgeous.
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That’s funny, I always thought her career was Sleeping With Rich and Famous Men.
Your pictures are much nicer than the ones they run in the Daily Mail:
I find her amusing.
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I’ve never understood why she was always considered such a beauty. She doesn’t photograph well and she has lizard lips. She does, however, have great fashion sense.
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This movie sounds like it’s going to be awesome.
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omigod wow she has done quite alot of plastic surgery! ewww. And plenty of botox too. She has a weird stretched out look to her skin that is freaky.
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People still go to his movies?
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She’s sooooo dumb. I remember some other stuff she’s done and wooden doesn’t begin to describe her.
I would KILL for some of her suits though. She had one on recently that had a really cool kind of jagged collar with this white ribbon thing wound through it..oh god, to die for. Bitch.
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She likes to hang out with sex offenders, how classy.
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“These pretzels are making me thirsty!”
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She’s repeatedly gotten involved with men who are married or in committed relationships. Insecure much, Carla?
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I have always thought she was beautiful. However she has been looking a bit rough lately.
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She’s aging fast. Time to quit the ciggies.
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A dash of karma for the Polanski defenders? Woody Allen is a two-fer. Boinked his daughter and defends pedophile-rapist Polanski. May the movies of Roman Polanski and his sleazy band of defenders tank.
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Yeah! I think she’s aging fast, but still looks good.
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Kaiser,
Tomorrow is Friday. I hope that you have the pictures ready for Hot Guy Friday. I will be checking tomorrow.
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people were arguing this over at the loots discussion board. it was starting to become a messy battle.
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Her face is jacked up
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