The Parisian actor, who shot to fame in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ in 2009, has directed a film about one of the most fascinating criminals in French history. She speaks to Tom Murray about ‘Freedom’, why she cast an ‘Emily in Paris’ heartthrob as her lead and how – at 41 – she became a ‘free woman’
Mélanie Laurent: ‘I’ve had bad experiences with actors, never actresses’ … from the Independent Tom Murray
