Juliette Binoche walks off set
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Jagged-11 — 16 years ago(September 27, 2009 11:28 AM)
Well put bluntly, Jeremy Irons hated making the movie and has even cited it as his least favourite role. (He tried to extricate himself from the production but he was threatened with a lawsuit.)
He also made no secret of the fact that he thought Juliette Binoche was miscast; that she was too young for the role. He apparently wanted Isabelle Adjani for the part but she turned it down.
It was, I imagine, a rather unhappy set to work on and it's possible that when the tension became unbearable Binoche simply fled. -
finnegansword-772-990306 — 14 years ago(July 25, 2011 12:06 PM)
I have read through ALL your very numerous posts and only one from jmarsh4036-1 comes close to my feelings on the subject. Put yourselves in the position of these two actors. Apart from yourselves, there will be a Director and Producer present, not to mention the camera crew. You are given directions beforehand as to what actions are required for the scene and if you don't get it right the first time it has to be repeated for a second or even a third time.
In such a torrid situation as Irons and Binoche find themselves, performing a stilted, passionate if not downright perverted act, I am not surprised that the girl became alarmed and upset. And bear in mind that all this takes place in front of a crowd. If she caught the Best Boy leering at her at some inappropriate moment, I think she was justifiably entitled to become upset.
"Oh! my poor head," or whatever the French is for that..
(You people must appreciate that this is written slightly tongue-in-cheek.) -
ReganRebecca — 11 years ago(May 20, 2014 10:01 PM)
In light of Irons's own admission that he's sexually harassed women (in interviews he's talked about seeing nothing wrong with patting women's bottoms) I wouldn't be surprised if he did something inappropriate to Binoche while they were filming.
