(Paris) Cocooning with family, cheeseburgers and sleeping pills: Julia Roberts gives AFP her recipe for facing the apocalypse without worrying, on the occasion of the release of a disaster film in which she plays the main role on Netflix .
Posted online on December 8, Leave the World Behind (The world after us), co-produced by former President Barack Obama and directed by Sam Esmail (the series Mr Robot), oscillates between dystopia and Black Mirror and anguish way Get Out by Jordan Peele, to point out technology dependence, racism and every man for himself.
The star of Pretty Woman, Erin Brockovich And Notting Hill plays with our fears in this film where she plays a self-centered and misanthropic mother who is thinking of leaving for a weekend of rest in a luxury villa. Under the gaze of her children, her husband (Ethan Hawke) and a disturbing guest (Mahershala Ali), she will have to face the collapse of our modern world.
Question: What would you do with your last day if the world collapsed?
Julia Roberts: “If I had 24 hours, I’d hunker down with my family, piles of cheeseburgers, copious amounts of alcohol, chocolate chip cookies, hugs and kisses…and maybe some sleeping pills too . But no ! It will not happen ! »
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Mahershela Ali, Myha’la Herrold, Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke in Leave the World Behind
Q: Natural disasters, giant breakdowns… What was the most distressing element of the scenario for you?
Julia Roberts: “Natural disasters, because they are more realistic. And also because Mother Nature doesn’t care what anyone thinks. »
Q: In the film, one of your first lines is “I fucking hate people!” “. Was playing that kind of character pretty fun?
Julia Roberts: “It was a lot of fun to play with that, because actually, I love people, I think I’m very open and friendly, and so I love that first dialogue.
Now I even have socks that say “I fucking hate people.” And I love the idea of playing someone who has adopted that way of thinking, and what that really means. How do you behave in a world of humans with this feeling inside you? »
Q: You’ve played few unsympathetic characters in your career. It’s a choice ?
Julia Roberts: “For me, I don’t think it’s a choice in terms of playing someone likeable or unlikeable. I think it’s more about what’s in this great mix. I don’t think it’s a question of friendly or unfriendly, but rather what’s going on inside of it all (the role or the film). »
Q: What do you think is the message of the film?
Julia Roberts: “I think we are all in this together. I just feel like we really are each a thousand and one versions of one beautiful thing, which is humanity. Oh yes, and (the importance of) cooking too! »