Julianne Moore and her Oscar: “Marion Cotillard deserved it more than me”

The star returns in Still Alice, tonight on France 5. It was this drama that gave her her first statuette for best actress, in 2015.

Happily married with three grown children, Alice Howland is a renowned linguistics professor. But when she begins to forget her words and is diagnosed with the first signs of Alzheimer's disease, Alice's bond with her family is put to the test. Her struggle to remain herself is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring.

After twenty-five years of career, Julianne Moore finally won the accolade, her first Oscar, in February 2015 at the 87th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Rewarded for her moving performance in Still Alicea drama to see again tonight On Channel 5, the American actress, then 54, won over all the juries during this season of ceremonies: from the Golden Globes to the Critics Choice Awards, including the SAG Awards and the BAFTAs, Julianne Moore simply triumphed.

Interviewed by the magazine Leisure TVa few weeks after the event, the Hollywood actress looks back on her career, her loves and her adoration for Marion Cotillard.

Applauded throughout her career for her brilliant performances and with more than 160 nominations at all the seventh art ceremonies combined at that time, Julianne Moore cannot explain her talent and always remains the first to be surprised by her success. Worse, she thinks that the Oscar should have been given to someone else, a certain Marion Cotillardwho had already been honored by the Academy for The Kida few years earlier:

“I always said that awards weren't important. Now that I have this Oscar, I think quite the opposite. But, to tell you frankly, I think Marion Cotillard would have deserved it more than me! She is great in each of her films,” Julianne then considered.

In 2015, Marion Cotillard was nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in the Dardenne brothers' social drama, Two days one night.

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As a leading fan of Marion Cotillard, this is not the first time that Julianne Moore has named the French actress as the big winner. Already at the Toronto Festival, during this same season of ceremonies, she proclaimed: “If Marion Cotillard doesn't win the Golden Globes, there is no justice” (Daily Mail).

Elevated to the rank of a great lady of cinema, Julianne Moore has based her filmography on the interpretation of complex characters: an eminent psychologist who gradually loses her mind (Still Alice) to an aging star in Hollywood (Maps to the stars), passing by a porn star in Boogie Nightsnot to mention a weakened woman trying to save appearances in A Single Man or his dramatic role in The Hours or a president of the revolt in Hunger Games…His filmography is filled with strong performances.

But it is human stories that interest him above all, much more than the psychological imbroglio of a character: “I never look for a specific criterion for a role in advance. In fact, everything is based on the story. If, after reading the script, the story seems interesting to me, I accept before even thinking about my character. I work a lot on instinct,” she specified in the columns of the French magazine.

Join Julianne Moore tonight in Still Alicealongside Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin and Kate Bosworth. Trailer:

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