Sandrine Kiberlain, little protégé of Fanny Ardant during her theater debut

The former president of the Cannes Film Festival, Pierre Lescure, met Sandrine Kiberlain this Sunday, November 24 on the set of her show “Beau Geste”, on France 2. Come to promote the film “Sarah Bernhardt, La Divine” the actress chatted with the movie buff about her career and current affairs.

During the digressions on their common passion which is the 7th art, Pierre Lescure and Sandrine Kiberlain came to a very particular career anecdote which is still deeply anchored in the memory of the actress. In 1990, Fanny Ardant and Sandrine Kiberlain shared the poster for “As you want me”, a play directed by Luigi Pirandello.

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At just 22 years old, Sandrine Kiberlain faced the brutal behavior of an actor: “I was a young actress, and the actor who played my father in the story – I don't even remember his name, I think I wanted to forget it – had to slap me during rehearsals. Obviously the actors pretend to slap themselves, you don't slap a young actress fifteen times. I didn't dare say “stop slapping me”. Fanny arrived on the set, she was fed up, she told him “stop slapping her or I'll slap you” The guy slapped me again, so she arrived, and she slapped him. »

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Sandrine Kiberlain and Fanny Ardant, a long friendship

Amused by this anecdote, Sandrine Kiberlain easily confessed the great admiration she has had for Fanny Ardant since then: “You don't forget that. I was protected by her, she is an example of a complete woman. »

More than thirty years after this episode, the two actresses have crossed paths on numerous occasions. Particularly in 2014, after the César ceremony. They met at Fouquet's for the traditional César meal. Sitting next to each other, the two friends exchanged a knowing kiss in front of the photographers.