At 66, Lesley Manville Is Having Her Biggest Year Yet. She Hopes That Sends a Message.
14.07.2022 - 22:17
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris— starring Academy Award-nominee Lesley Manville about an English housekeeper who rediscovers her worth thanks to a quest for a Christian Dior gown—in which Mrs. Harris sits down for dinner with two unlikely new friends.
Buttoned-up Dior accountant André (Emily in Paris's ) and lonely model Natasha (newcomer Alba Baptista) are half Mrs. Harris's age, but it doesn't matter. They share a mutual love of food, books, and culture—and kindness. In real life, it was similar for Manville, Bravo, and Baptista.
While filming in Europe during the height of the pandemic in 2021, the trio banded—and bonded—together in their own bubble, much like their characters. “We were kind of a threesome,” Manville says with a laugh. “We hung out together a lot.
I had a really nice apartment so they would come over and we'd all cook on Sundays. They were my life savers, really.”They got so close that Manville, 66, doesn't hesitate when I mention a cheeky sequel of sorts—Mrs. Harris Goes to Emily in Paris, where she can join chef Gabriel at his restaurant.
“It's an idea, isn't it?” she jokes. “I could wash the dishes. Or be his sous chef.”While Bravo would probably be the first person to put a call into to make it happen, he'll have to get on a waitlist.
On the heels of her Oscar and BAFTA nominations as well as an Olivier Award win for 2017's Phantom Thread, Manville is currently in the midst of her busiest year to date.Lucas Bravo stars as André Fauvel, Lesley Manville as Mrs. Ada Harris and Alba Baptista as Natasha in Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. The East Sussex, England native has a leading role in PBS's Magpie Murders this fall, a six-part series based on Anthony Horowitz’s bestseller about an author who dies under
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