Audrey Tautou is considering a new role for her return to the big screen. The actress of Fabulous destiny of Amélie Poulain stepped away from cinema in 2017 to devote herself to new projects, including the arrival of her first child in 2019 and the more recent release of her first photo album, Superfacial (Fisheye editions), witness to her passion for photography, as she explained to BFMTV. “Photography has always accompanied me at times when I practiced it more than others, but it’s true that I always had a camera with me,” she confides.
However, this is not the only area where the actress has discovered a talent. Audrey Tautou also tried her hand at a new genre that she hopes to pursue behind the camera. “I wrote a story for children. I wanted to develop it into a script, she revealed to BFMTV. It allows you to be very creative, to have a lot of freedom. I hope I can make it happen. It's going to take a long time because the animation timeline is long, so see you in ten years! I'm not sure if you'll see me again by then! »
“Such happiness”
However, the 48-year-old actress does not imagine herself giving up on comedy. “I know that when I am on a film set, I am at home, and I have not decided to treat myself to an enchanted parenthesis out of rejection of the profession of actress,” she affirmed, while recognizing that success and fame are not always forever. “Anyway, I don’t believe in actors’ farewells in the cinema. It's still such a joy, such an adventure to make a film and to act that it's difficult to give it up. »
In the pages of Parisian last month, Audrey Tautou spoke about her relationship with fame, which it quickly overwhelmed her after the release of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's cult film in 2001. An experience that she documented in her photo album with a touch self-deprecating. “As it was not something I had sought or hoped for – as strange as it may seem when you want to be an actress – I experienced this phenomenon with a distance,” she explained to the daily . “That’s why I documented what was happening to me with photos and texts. »