“I went through hell”
It was on the BFM TV “Comedies Club” podcast that Ophélie Winter returned to a painful experience, which is far too close to our nostalgia. To know? The filming of Crazy about hera romantic comedy released in June 1998 where the star of the song, only 23 years old at the time, rubs shoulders with Jean-Marc Baar, the star of Big Blue…And a very young Gilles Lellouche. Cinema, a crucial step for the one that obsessed the tabloids and celebrity press at the time.
Crazy about her… This film has rather fallen into oblivion (much more than Move!his other major role, and multi-broadcast film on TV) and considered a cult film, was received with virulence by critics, but not in the most elegant way possible. “It's a romantic comedy that doesn't claim to be a masterpiece either. There were definitely some people who were a little aggressive“, testifies Ophélie Winter, who affirms: “Everyone attacked me. I went through hell“.
But that's not all…
“Her advantageous chest”: Ophélie Winter victim of sexism with the release of “Folle d’elle”
Behind the “flop” of Crazy about herwe actually observe a rather uninhibited relentlessness of the press, less concerned with the performance of its star Ophélie Winter than focused on her personal life and her “bimbo” physique. Two subjects that seem to obsess the media.
As evidenced by the article in Le Parisien, which comments in the utmost calm: “despite the actress-singer's advantageous chest, the whole thing is hopelessly flat.“. And his partner Jean-Marc Baar to remember: “I could see that it was something not easy to wear. When we were together, and I saw these attacks, I told him 'listen, it's paper, it's sound. It doesn't have to kill you.' She did very well. But it was hard“.
“The film critics fell on us a little with shortened arms“, we still hear in the BFM TV podcast, which relates the feedback from critics. Without necessarily hiding their sexism in passing. A “different era”? Not sure: it is not that long ago…
A very uninhibited sexism that recalls the “slut shaming” that many icons suffer: like Zahia, who testifies to the remarks she experiences on a daily basis in this article. And the bimbo is a stereotype that often says a lot about our society: the most emblematic of all explains it in this mood post.
The “Comedies Club” podcast collects rare testimonies on the cult – or messed up – comedies of French cinema. The behind the scenes that are revealed often go beyond the simple framework of the film. Like this poignant speech by Patrick Timsit on the ordeal experienced by Lolo Ferrari facing “the pigs”, which we relate to you here.
