French first lady starts Allen flick
July 29, 2010, Thursday
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FRANCE'S first lady, a former supermodel, is making her debut as an actress, filming this week in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris."
Even her busy husband, President Nicolas Sarkozy, wasn't about to miss the action. He showed up on the Left Bank set on Tuesday, in dark suit but no tie, to watch his spouse in her latest creative venture.
Allen, beloved by the French, recruited Carla Bruni-Sarkozy last fall for what is said to be a small role in the romantic comedy which follows a family traveling in Paris for business. The first lady plays a museum director.
Tuesday's scenes were shot in the heart of the Left Bank, near the Pantheon, the resting place of many of France's luminaries.
In November, when she announced her plans to accept Allen's offer of a role, the 42-year-old Bruni-Sarkozy had said she was unsure of her acting skills. "I'm not at all an actress. Maybe I'll be absolutely terrible," she said in an interview with Canal Plus TV station.
However, she said she couldn't pass up the chance to play in a Woody Allen film.
"I'd like to - you know - when I'm a grandmother, to have done a Woody Allen film," said Bruni-Sarkozy, who has a son from a relationship before Sarkozy. "I cannot in my life miss an opportunity like this."
Allen is clearly a fan of the first lady.
When he was asked what famous person he would like to see act, he replied: "Carla Bruni," according to the first lady's Web site. "She has charisma and she's used to appearing on stage. I could give her any role at all."
Even her busy husband, President Nicolas Sarkozy, wasn't about to miss the action. He showed up on the Left Bank set on Tuesday, in dark suit but no tie, to watch his spouse in her latest creative venture.
Allen, beloved by the French, recruited Carla Bruni-Sarkozy last fall for what is said to be a small role in the romantic comedy which follows a family traveling in Paris for business. The first lady plays a museum director.
Tuesday's scenes were shot in the heart of the Left Bank, near the Pantheon, the resting place of many of France's luminaries.
In November, when she announced her plans to accept Allen's offer of a role, the 42-year-old Bruni-Sarkozy had said she was unsure of her acting skills. "I'm not at all an actress. Maybe I'll be absolutely terrible," she said in an interview with Canal Plus TV station.
However, she said she couldn't pass up the chance to play in a Woody Allen film.
"I'd like to - you know - when I'm a grandmother, to have done a Woody Allen film," said Bruni-Sarkozy, who has a son from a relationship before Sarkozy. "I cannot in my life miss an opportunity like this."
Allen is clearly a fan of the first lady.
When he was asked what famous person he would like to see act, he replied: "Carla Bruni," according to the first lady's Web site. "She has charisma and she's used to appearing on stage. I could give her any role at all."
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