Stacy Martin parle du film « Taj Mahal » en interview vidéo

We are with Stacy Martin. Hello!

Hello.

You are on "Taj Mahal", a french movie

written and directed by Nicolas Saada,

that will be released on December, 2nd.

And you play Louise,

the daughter of two expatriates

who decide to move to India.

This is based on a real story.

Can you tell us how you took on the story?

For me, let's say that it was

one of the big challenges,

to combine the real story

and my part as an actress,

in order to create a movie

that was not just like a documentary

but a movie that makes people think,

that makes them wonder about things

that they wouldn't have thought about otherwise,

questions that don't belong to our daily life

and that are not necessarily answered in the movie.

People have to find the answers within.

And I think there a not many films that

do that nowadays,

and that was what I was interested in,

how can I actually play something

something that already exists,

without feeling limited or make a caricature.

Because that was not the point

And precisely, Nicolas Saada,

the director of the movie,

had met the real Louise. How about you?

Yes, I did.

I met her 3 or 4 weeks before shooting.

And I was terrified,

because I didn't want her to think

that I was going to steal her story,

or that I was going to change it

I really wanted her to feel comfortable,

to think about the project and the people

she was giving the story to,

and then to trust us.

And when I met her,

I told her right away:

"Listen, I am a sponge, the sponge of

your story, I am not here to play Stacey Martin

in a hotel room in India,

I'm here for your story".

And she really was calm, open

and open-hearted, she is like a diamond,

she put so much trust in me.

Were you surprised by any difference

between the story you pictured with the script

and the one she told you ?

Well, she told me the script was very close

to the reality as far as sensations

or writing are concerned.

It was very similar.

She came on the set and she was chocked

to see that it looked just like her room

And...

We actually didn't ask her the colors

of the bed, the walls,

It was really...

an instinct that we all got

when we were doing the movie

and it matched in a very... very good way

Thanksfully laugh

Did you find it stressful to play

a real story that belongs to a real person ?

Yes, Yes.

In this story,

she lived things I can't even imagine myself

Very intense things,

I didn't want to do something caricatural,

I didn't want to do something

she couldn't be proud to watch

It's a great story to share,

She didn't tell it to everybody,

And there is a reason why she tells it know

so it's important to have that in mind

when we do the movie.

So no pressure at all laugh

I am even more impressed by you,

now I know that because when I was

watching your performance,

I wondered if you went through similar traumas

to be able to give so much emotions to the role.

Not at all.

Ok. Well go see the movie !

Cecile Martin is impressive in it.

Seriously there are long moments in the movie

where you are alone in the hotel room.

So in order to keep the spectator in suspense,

as you did - I was personally captivated -...

You do that on your own.

I wondered how you lived those scenes ?

How long did it last,

being alone in a bathroom with a old phone

With a Nokia which didn't work

It was interesting because i've made my preparation

I did a lot of the work that I could alone

Before starting