“There is more respect on set.” Actress Léa Seydoux highlights an evolution on film sets thanks to #MeToo

Actress Léa Seydoux is one of the women who denounced the behavior of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in 2017.

“There is more respect on film sets today”said Léa Seydoux on Wednesday, May 15, a development that she attributes to #MeToo and the freeing up of speech on sexual assault in cinema. “I see that there is respect on set, sometimes there is no longer this familiarity, even for intimate scenes. I feel this global change, that respect is more present”declared the French actress on the poster of the Second act by Quentin Dupieux, who opened the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday May 14.

“The film also plays with that, also speaks of this movement of freedom of speech which was fundamental. I am also witness to this change, I was also an actress before and now, I see the after”underlined the one who received a Palme d’Or for The Life of Adele in 2013 alongside his partner Adèle Exarchopoulos and director Abdellatif Kechiche. Shortly after, she denounced the tyrannical character of the director, the hundreds of takes for the same scene, attracting lasting enmity from Kechiche. Adèle Exarchopoulos, whose first major role was at 19, spoke about ten full days of filming the very long and very crude sex scene.

“Even though I had mishaps, I was an actress who was very lucky when I started. I worked with people, I was respected all the same, well more or less…”however, nuanced Léa Seydoux. “I cannot compare myself to some who have experienced extremely serious things.” She also highlighted that her status as a recognized actress “protected”. “It’s still when you’re a young actress that it’s more difficult. When we are vulnerable”she stressed.

Promoted to headliner in 2008 in The beautiful person by Christophe Honoré, rereading of the Princess of Clèves, Léa Seydoux, 38 years old, has since appeared in two James BondA Impossible mission, Dune 2 and boasts an impressive filmography, from Wes Anderson to Xavier Dolan via Bruno Dumont. Léa Seydoux is one of the women who denounced the behavior of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in 2017. She also said she had received sexual advances from directors with whom she worked.