The Bling Ring: Interview of Emma Watson at le Festival de Cannes

Hi everybody! Today I will share with you an interview from the famous and beautiful actress: Emma Watson! This interview takes place during the Cannes festival. She promoted her last film: The Bling Ring from Sofia Coppola.

Before to speak about her speech, I want to explain you the context of the film. Emma Watson became very famous thanks to the Harry Potter film series. During 10 years, she has interpreted the character of Hermione Granger, a clever student (I think that all of you know that!). Now, it’s quite difficult for her to get rid of this character, as you will see in the video!

Secondly, a short summary of the story… It’s based on the true story of 7 teenagers in California. They became known by the media as The Bling Ring. Between October 2008 and August 2009, they burgled the homes of several celebrities like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, or Orlando Bloom. In total, they stole around 3 millions of dollars in clothes, cash, jewellery and other belongings.
So, in this video she explains that it’s the first time that she worked with the director Sofia Coppola. She was very excited and found this experience amazing ! It was interesting for her to play this character, very different from her last roles. Here, she is a girl who is lost and looks for a meaning of her life. This girl, “Nikki”, tries to find herself and makes mistakes because she isn’t in the real life.

Maybe after this summary, I tempted you to watch (or watch again!) this film! Before, I tell you about another characteristic of this film… If you already watched several films from Sofia Coppola, like Somewhere, you must think that The Bling Ring it’s a long and slow story… Stop now! It’s really not the case here. This one is really dynamic, she adapted the rhythm of the teenagers ‘group. 

As they finished the interview, we will end to speak about the music. Emma’s answer is mixed. For her, it’s important but good music doesn’t make a good film. And some good films don’t have good music. Well, I agree but for me it’s very important to create an atmosphere… In The Bling Ring, Sofia Coppola made an eclectic mixing with rap, electro and hip-hop music. Among the different artists in the soundtrack, we find Phoenix (her husband!), Kanye West and Lil' Waine. And you? Do you find that music is important in a film?

Astrid