- Lambert Wilson is impressive with icy authority in "The Translators".
- The publisher he embodies wants to control those who translate a bestseller of international scope.
- He is the backbone of this devilishly suspenseful choral film.
Lambert Wilson freezes the blood of the spectators in The Translators of Régis Roinsard. With an imponderable class, he becomes a manipulative editor confining a troop of linguists in a bunker in order to have them translate the last volume of a saga of bestsellers.
Surrounded by a beautiful troupe of European comedians (including Olga Kurylenko, Riccardo Scamarcio, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Eduardo Noriega, Alex Lawther and Frédéric Chau) Lambert Wilson enters the spiral of a diabolical intrigue where literature is just one pretext to embroider a clever suspense. If all are flawless in plumitives apparently, Lambert Wilson is imperial. He spoke to 20 Minutes about his role and his career.
Is it satisfying to embody a villain of this caliber?
Satisfactory I don't know, because we are always afraid of being hated by the public. We have fun playing a character who is in control, well-groomed, manicured, well-dressed and from whom everything will escape. It is in perpetual deconstruction and that's what got me excited. I liked to build it and destroy it.
What were your influences to create it?
My character has a nasty side from the 1970s that could come out of a James Bond film. I voluntarily made it suave, a bit old-fashioned so that its fall was more spectacular. He is ultimately the only one who does not know what is going on around him. All of them hide something that he will gradually discover.
Was it difficult?
What is difficult is not to repeat yourself, to surprise constantly even if you have already played the same type of roles. This is what worries you daily on the set. It is also what makes me refuse certain films, however very promising. If I don't feel like I can bring something new, I pass my turn.
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Did you feel like the backbone of the film?
It is an entirely choral film, based on the play of actors because it is mainly a camera. What was exciting was how a group of actors work together when they come from different cultures. We didn't necessarily have the same approach to our profession, but the agreement was perfect as soon as we shot. Even if the set gave the impression of a Tower of Babel.
Is there a French specificity in the acting?
I believe that our culture has been smoothed out a lot in order to obtain a unique voice, one that plays well on television. The other Europeans play more on regional accents and idioms. In France, this is practically not done. Everyone talks the same way which I find unfortunate.
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What are you dreaming of for the future?
I wish I could transform myself but I have a complicated, marked physique. I'm tall. I have a sculpted face. I am inherently an obstacle to transformation. I just played De Gaulle but he was physically quite close to me. I wish I could plan my nose. Alas, makeup allows you to add things, not to remove them.
Are you not satisfied with your career?
I find that I am not offered enough different things. So it's up to me to take the lead as Alex Lutz did for Guy . I want to avoid fossilizing myself. It is dangerous for an actor not to evolve. I don't care about being on the screen myself.
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