If you come across Julie de Bona on a film set and she gesticulates in all directions… a priori, it’s normal! The 41-year-old actress, heroine of the series The Fighters, is the victim of a small phobia which makes things difficult as soon as the good weather returns and the sun is beating down. She is simply afraid of wasps, their abrupt movements and vicious stings, and finds it very difficult to stay focused in their presence.
It’s a phobia, it can’t be explained
“I don’t manageexplains the young mother to Pure people. Besides, I don’t shoot in the summer… no, I’m kidding. But I do have a venom in my bag. It’s a phobia, it can’t be explained. My little sister has always been there to kick wasps out, poor thing. She never got stung to save me so it’s still a big win.” Allergic, Julie de Bona swells endlessly when she gets bitten by one of these treacherous little creatures. But what frightens him the most is their random flights, their unpredictable gestures and these incessant buzzing.
Impossible to make a sequence!
She may warn the teams of the films she is shooting, Julie de Bona has already had a few panic attacks in front of the cameras. “Once I shot a scene, for the valley of lies, about ten years ago, in the middle of summer in the south in a cemeteryshe recalls. And I told the director that I had wasp phobia. Corn it was complicated during the whole scene. I hate being told not to move. That as long as you don’t move she won’t attack you. But for me it is not reasonable. I’m moving, I’m scared! So impossible to make a sequence if there is a wasp next to it.” If you want to see Julie de Bona play a beekeeper on screen, you’ll have to lower your expectations…
Interview by Yohann Turi. Any reproduction prohibited without the mention of Purepeople.com.