Rising Star Julia de Nunez on the Pressures of Tackling ‘Bardot’
17.06.2023 - 06:33
/ variety.com
Ben Croll “Bardot” star Julia de Nunez didn’t intend to make such a splash this early. As a drama student, she was happy to hone her craft, and planned to someday try for France’s National Conservatory, if they would have her. But when she saw a casting notice for an upcoming series – and one that resonated with her in a personal way – she had to answer the call. “Of course, I knew Brigitte Bardot as an actress and singer,” de Nunez tells Variety. “And funnily enough I was often told that I resembled her. In fact, I myself noticed the resemblance as a young girl. So it was all the more amusing to read for the role. It made sense somewhere in my life.”
Sufficient to say the Franco-Argentine actress got the role, and would embody the midcentury icon in Daniele and Christopher Thompson’s limited series, which follows the iconic B.B. from adolescence to international stardom.
“As an actress, it would have been very complicated if I’d stuck to the myth,” says de Nunez. “I had to go beyond that public image and to entirely let myself go. Because Bardot isn’t just a myth – she’s a regular person, a young woman who feels and lives like everyone else. And right away, I had to tap into that side of things.” And perhaps in some small part due to that well-noted resemblance, she didn’t want to erase herself. “You can’t just identically reproduce someone like Brigitte Bardot, who’s so authentic, so sincere,” the actress explains. “First, because that’s not possible, but also, I think that the actress who plays her has to have something that emanates from her as well. For all this talk of vertigo and resemblance, in the end, I’m still Julia.” “That’s why I didn’t try to reproduce her voice,” de Nunez continues. “And though she had
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