Laura Smet will soon make her debut on the boards, at the theater, in the playe The Uncertainty Principle, by Simon Stephens, in which she plays opposite Jean-Paul Daroussin. The opportunity for her to come back and appear in the media to promote it. Always discreet, she nevertheless agrees to talk about her new life as the mother of a little boy baptized Léo, born on October 7, 2020 from her marriage to Raphaël Lancrey-Javal, like this Friday September 9 in the columns of Madame Figaro. The daughter of Johnny Hallyday and Nathalie Baye confides: “Since I had my son, I also know that the main thing is elsewhere: I deeply love this job, but it must remain fun, fun.”
Thus, his anxieties shifted. The one who is about to play Georgie Burns, an exalted quadra, “flayed alive“, who meets Alex, a discreet and solitary septuagenarian, gives himself up. “My deep anxieties are more related to the well-being of my family, the future of my child and future generations: will they still be able to see the snow and swim in the ocean?“, asks Laura Smet. “When you become a mother, the center of your life shiftsshe says. We relativize more on the rest.“And for him, she will never refuse to fight.”I had no choice but to fight for my well-being, my future life, that of my sonthat of my family“, she says. This is not the first time that the 38-year-old actress has spoken about her child in this way. Female Versionshe had recently made it known that he and her husband, with whom she married civilly in December 2018 and then religiously, in Cap Ferret, in June 2019, were her priority.
Leo, his priority
“I only need my son and my husband to be happytold. The rest, the cinema, the roles, it’s a bonus. And you have to accept that an acting career is made up of ups and downs. Being a mom brought me back to basics. That’s probably why I wanted to theatre, it’s also the very essence of this profession.“So for Leo, she’s willing to make all these concessions.”I am happy that my child has arrived after all that has happened. The only thing that matters to me is may my son be happyand I will do everything so that the dialogue is never broken between usshe continued. I learn every day from him, I try to improve myself. For example, I’m really freaked out when I leave but, since I don’t want to pass on this anxiety to her, I force myself to transform these moments of stress into great joy.“