Vincent Lindon was the guest of the France Inter morning show on August 29, 2022, delighted to present his new film under the direction of Claire Denis, With love and determination. The 63-year-old French star spoke at the microphone of Léa Salamé and Nicolas Demorand for The Great Interview who made his comeback. The actor, recent president of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival reacted to a question brought with great delicacy by the journalists: where does his bad reputation in the cinema come from?
Cesar for Best Actor for The law of the market, Vincent Lindon is an actor with an intense game. For his new film, he gave himself body and soul, even if it meant sometimes having friction with his partner Juliette Binoche. Léa Salamé then questions her guest about his reputation “annoying actor“even though he is shooting again with the same directors, whether Claire Denis or Benoît Jacquot, to name a few. The actor replies frankly: “It’s the thing today, and not only in the cinema. An actress who is demanding is called capricious. An actor who is demanding is called a pain in the ass, that’s how it is. I couldn’t do anything about it. Now I’m 63, I’m going to quit in not so long. I’m not going to back up. I make films that I want, I always go looking for them with my teeth. There are an incredible number of directors who say to themselves ‘Vincent, he’s going to interfere in everything, it’s not going to be possible‘.”
Léa Salamé then asks him:Are they afraid of you?” To which Cécile Duffau’s companion responds: “They should be afraid of actors who have made a film with a director. We’re not going to look for them with a revolver in their house. If someone takes you back, that means trying it is adopting it. Whether it’s me or others. I am not at all the only one in this case. It’s called reputation, there’s nothing you can do about it. Reputation is crazy, it lasts for years and years, even decades. That’s crazy. Now I have decided to live it like this. It makes me unhappy from time to time.”