On December 17, Nina Meurisse and Anna Mouglalis were both interviewed by the Commission of Inquiry into Violence Committed in the Artistic and Media Sectors. During her speech, Anna Mouglalis notably recounted a particularly anxiety-provoking meeting with Gérard Miller.
Nina Meurisse discusses psychological violence in the film industry
The one who played Camille Lepage in Boris Lojkine's film took advantage of this opportunity to denounce the moral violence suffered in the cinema industry.
“I will end with moral violence, with these sentences that you can hear offhand. And that was until a few months ago, on a shoot. However, I am 38 years old. I suffered violence. I don't want to suffer any more. I am firm, but despite this, even today, there is something rooted in me that sometimes prevents me from screaming “no”. I'm just going to quote you a few sentences. That of a producer, at the end of the screening of the rushes, who comes to see me. I ask her how she found what she saw. She looks at me, points to my cheeks, and says, “It takes up a lot of space, but it’s okay.” A camera test with another actress. We form a duo. That day, we talk about my costumes, we choose the lights, etc. And I hear the producer and the showrunner say about me: “I think we need to rework her, the little one, she needs to be sexier, the idea of beautiful and ugly doesn't work.” So, the ugly one is me. Then, a screenwriter who I call because I have questions about the script and I want him to enlighten me. I begin a sentence that I won't be able to finish, because he says to me: “Maybe you don't have the intellectual tools or the intelligence to understand, but if I had wanted to write something bad, I would would have written Plus belle la vie And then, like an actor, he got an Emmy Award for doing what I told him. So if you want one, do it.” This is a piece of my story.” she said with sincerity.
The actress talks about her passion for cinema
She revealed in the podcast Gone with the Reel the best we could wish for her for the future and being an actress was her dearest wish. “To turn. I would like to shoot every day if it were possible. When I'm not filming, I'm bored to death, so filming and acting are my favorite things in life.” she expressed with sincerity.
