Cyrano de Bergerac, Le petit Nicolas, Polisse, Elle l'adore, We are made to get along, November… During her career, Sandrine Kiberlain played in numerous successful films. A few months after finding her in La petite vadrouille, moviegoers will discover her in the role of Sarah Bernhardt in the Sarah Bernhardt biographical film, The Divine, in theaters from Wednesday December 18, 2024.
Wednesday December 11, 2024, on the set of C à vous, on France 5, Mohamed Bouhafsi took advantage of the presence of the actress to remind us that his character lived with all kinds of wild animalssuch as lynxes, lemurs, lion cubs, owls, pumas. Sandrine Kiberlain notably appears with a real lynx in the film. “Was that the biggest difficulty of this shoot? These scenes with these wild animals?”he asked her.
Sandrine Kiberlain: “When we are afraid, he senses that we are afraid”
With a smile on her lips, the actress replied: “Quite honestly, the lynx gave me no problem whereas Guillaume Nicloux (the director) in the morning told me: 'Don't even go see him, he's too pissed' and an hour later he told me: 'No actually it's fine'. But then the snake… In fact, at the start of filming, Guillaume asked me if I had a particular aversion to an animal and I told him: 'No, I don't see, apart from a snake' and one day, I arrives, we were supposed to have an alligator and we had a snake”.
While she has an aversion to the reptile, Sandrine Kiberlain slipped: “I had the only little nervous breakdown of the shoot at the idea of taking this snake. Because it has a smell, a texture… When we are afraid, he senses that we are afraid, he wants to strangle us (…) But I did it because she wasn't afraid and I had to play this character to the end. But ultimately, it’s an interesting experience!”.
Sandrine Kiberlain: “A mix of plastic pots and stuff that smells”
then asked him what a snake smelled like. “It smells like a mix of plastic pots and something stinky, I can’t say! Enjoy your food !“she exclaimed with humor. On the show's X account (ex-Twitter), a user shared: “I'm not throwing stones at him: in his place, I would have put myself in the same state if it had been a mouse or a rat”.For Version Femina, the actress had already declared: “I could handle everything, with the exception of snakes, my phobia. I had mentioned it to Guillaume, who had chosen a panther. But it was too expensive and, on the big day, I saw a huge boa on the Guillaume asks me to try, the trainer places it in my hands and the animal, sensing my fear, wraps itself around my neck. It took me ages to acclimatize, but I did it! In hindsight, there was more danger with the lynx. Despite the pieces of meat to lure him, a swipe from his claw could quickly go away.”.
