Laetitia Casta tries her hand, for the first time, at recording an audio book. For Audible, she lends her voice to the character of Julia in the adaptation of “1984”, the dystopian novel by George Orwell. An auditory adventure that she shares with Lambert Wilson (O'Brien) and Dali Benssalah (Winston).
When it comes to literature, Laetitia Casta has, by her own admission, rather varied tastes. “I love philosophy, I really like poetry… My tastes can go in all directions. It also depends on what I'm going to be offered. I have friends who love reading and who recommend many things to me. »
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For her, a good book can be a good remedy for everyday ailments. An escape. “I find that when you have problems or difficulties in life, immersing yourself in a book allows you to think about something else and that feels good. »
So, what works has she already delved into? What works particularly touch her or remind her of her adolescence? Or even which literary heroines would she dream of one day embodying? Answers.
SHE. What is the last book you read?
LAETITIA CASTA. “The Hummingbird” by Marco Carrera. It's a book that was given to me when I was doing my last play. It was the producers who told me: “It’s great, look, it’s very beautiful. » And they were right.
SHE. The book you have read the most times?
L.C. I love “Woman Who Runs with Wolves”. These are old tales, from different cultures, which have been analyzed by a psychoanalyst who deciphers them. It's philosophical, with values and there is something extremely poetic about it. And then it talks about human feelings. It's super interesting.
SHE. What book reminds you of your childhood or adolescence?
L.C. There are several books that have had an impact on me. I would say “Tess d’Urberville” by Thomas Hardy, “The Diary of Anne Frank”, “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf…
SHE. The book you would give to a loved one?
L.C. “Blonde,” by Joyce Carol Oates. It really touched me to look at the story of Marilyn Monroe in this way. At the time I was reading it, I was in Los Angeles and I had the chance to visit the cemetery where his grave is. Many women come to kiss the tombstone with their lipstick on. The marble turned pink. Otherwise, in another register, there is “Johnny Belle-Gueule” by John Godey.
SHE. What book do you think you should have read at least once in your life?
L.C. “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke.
SHE. Have you ever put down a book before the end?
L.C. Yes, more often than leaving a cinema (laughs). Reading is something extremely intimate.
SHE. Is there a literary hero you would like to embody?
L.C. Anna Karina or, in the theater, the Taming of the Shrew.
SHE. What was the first audiobook you listened to?
L.C. Quite honestly, I prefer books as an object. On the other hand, I love listening to Françoise Sagan and Marguerite Duras in interviews. Hear them talk or listen to podcasts about them. A podcast can take away a lot of anxiety for me. It makes me feel good to hear intelligent people and to look at life in a different way.
SHE. Is there a podcast that you particularly like?
L.C. On France Culture, I loved a podcast on Matisse. We heard him tell in an interview how he created his blue dancers. He had heard a little ditty that had stuck in his head. Suddenly, we were with him and it was another way of looking at his painting. It was magnificent.
