This Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival, the spotlight is on a filmmaker with a very recognisable cinematic style: Wes Anderson. His new movie "Asteroid City" includes an all-star cast, with Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Edward Norton and many more. It's his third film to be presented in Cannes after "Moonrise Kingdom" and "The French Dispatch". We catch up with the stars on the red carpet.
Also on the show, Eve Jackson sits down with Maya Hawke, best known for her role in the TV series "Stranger Things" and her famous parents Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. Homeland's Rupert Friend also told Eve about the Wes Anderson acting experience.We then look back at the career of actress Margot Robbie, another of the famous names to play in "Asteroid City", and bring you a taster of Cannes by night, with a special exclusive performance from Grammy award-winning Nigerian star Burna Boy – just days after his sold-out performance to a crowd of 40,000 in Paris.
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Also on the show, Eve Jackson sits down with Maya Hawke, best known for her role in the TV series "Stranger Things" and her famous parents Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke. Homeland's Rupert Friend also told Eve about the Wes Anderson acting experience.We then look back at the career of actress Margot Robbie, another of the famous names to play in "Asteroid City", and bring you a taster of Cannes by night, with a special exclusive performance from Grammy award-winning Nigerian star Burna Boy – just days after his sold-out performance to a crowd of 40,000 in Paris.
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00:20 That was us doing a France 24 version of the Wes Anderson TikTok trend today at the Cannes
00:37 Film Festival, a filmmaker with a very recognizable cinematic style.
00:41 Wes Anderson's Asteroid City with its all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson,
00:51 Edward Norton and many more. It's his third film to be presented here at the festival
00:56 after Moonrise Kingdom and The French Dispatch.
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01:14 There's not much of a delineation between the work and
01:17 the free time and Wes creates this very familial ensemble.
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01:29 Among the all-star cast are Maya Hawke, best known for her role in the TV series Stranger Things,
01:35 and her famous parents Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke and Homeland's Rupert Friend.
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01:44 Earlier I chatted to them about working on a Wes Anderson movie which they say
01:49 is every actor's dream.
01:50 You're not here.
01:52 We're not there.
01:53 The car exploded.
01:54 Come get the girls. I have to stay here with Woodrow.
01:58 I'm not the chauffeur. I'm the grandfather.
02:00 Where are you?
02:01 Asteroid City, Farmer 6, mile 75.
02:04 Rupert Friend plays Montana, a cowboy wandering the deserts with his musical compatriots
02:11 who has a knack for modesty and a kind of old-timey gentleness.
02:18 Maya Hawke plays June who is a very competent school teacher
02:23 who is stranded in Asteroid City with her charges which is a busload of small people.
02:29 Some of our information about outer space may no longer be completely accurate.
02:32 Anyway, there's still only nine planets in the solar system as far as we know, Billy.
02:36 Except now there's an alien.
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02:40 How would you pitch the film to people at home?
02:42 Classic latest Wes Anderson.
02:47 A must-see story by people who love making, telling stories.
02:53 Now, Rupert, you've also worked with Wes Anderson and the French Dispatch.
02:57 What's it like being part of his acting troupe?
02:59 It's a cliche but it's like being in a huge extended family.
03:04 You know, he takes care of the experience from soup to nuts.
03:10 As in where we stay, we all eat together every night.
03:16 There's an incredible feeling of company about it
03:20 aside from the fact that he is a gorgeous human being and a pleasure to spend time with.
03:24 Asteroid City is one of your first acting roles since Stranger Things.
03:28 It's a funny question. I'm like still doing Stranger Things.
03:30 And you've also released your second album.
03:32 Yes.
03:33 Why were you attracted by Asteroid City?
03:35 I've always wanted to work with Wes.
03:37 There are a few people in our industry who can do world building for art's sake.
03:43 You know, there's a lot of art films that are kind of small budget and small casts
03:48 and, you know, the shoestrings world that are amazing and wonderful.
03:51 And then there's kind of big, big budget things like Stranger Things, you know.
03:55 But to get to be in an art film where it can have a giant ensemble
04:00 full of the greatest actors, you know, working today and these big beautiful sets,
04:04 it's a once in a lifetime experience in and of itself.
04:07 And there are only ever probably a couple people alive
04:10 who can build that kind of environment.
04:13 And then even then outside of that,
04:16 there is no one working today who makes movies like Wes.
04:20 What's the Cannes experience like for you
04:21 being part of this amazing team presenting this film here?
04:25 Well, it's my first time at the festival.
04:27 Mine too.
04:28 Yeah, it feels like a pretty cool way to sort of take that cherry
04:32 with this cast who, as I say, have all become friends as well.
04:38 And then, Rupert, you're part of Wes Anderson's TV series as well,
04:41 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
04:42 What can you tell us about that?
04:43 It's four of Roald Dahl's adult stories,
04:49 the sort of dark, twisted side of Roald Dahl,
04:51 which Wes has then put his very unique spin on.
04:57 And I'm very excited about them because he's been inspired by those kind of 70s,
05:04 actually British, kind of filmed plays.
05:07 So they have a literal theatrical quality to them.
05:11 And again, we all rotate parts.
05:14 So there's a, I think there's six actors,
05:17 but everyone plays more than one part.
05:19 And Maya, you do have like a real cult following after Stranger Things.
05:23 And I was wondering, do you have a message for your fans out there?
05:26 It's been a wonderful thing in my life
05:28 to have so many young people be interested in me.
05:31 Young people are amazing.
05:34 They're curious and excited and inspired.
05:37 And they have so much power to decide what art is important
05:43 and what way our culture is going to go and bend.
05:46 And it's so inspiring to me to get to have these conversations with them
05:50 and interact with them and feel on a journey with them.
05:54 Now I feel like a part of a team and a community.
05:57 Some people are very young and they might go see this movie
05:59 because they might see it on my Instagram or something.
06:03 And then they can go and watch all of his films
06:06 and then it can change his life and he can become their favourite director.
06:08 You know, there are things young people are so exciting.
06:11 Sometimes I think I feel more at home outside the Earth's atmosphere.
06:15 Oh, wow.
06:15 Me too.
06:17 They're strange, aren't they?
06:18 They're children compared to normal people.
06:22 Yes, that's correct.
06:23 It's true.
06:23 The actress Margot Robbie is one of the numerous names to play in Asteroid City.
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06:33 She was last here in Cannes with Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
06:39 Time now for our Cannes close-up.
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06:42 No, you promised me.
06:53 You promised me.
06:56 [Music]
06:58 The papaya to wear in panties.
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07:02 I'm Sharon Tate.
07:25 I'm in the movie.
07:26 You're in this?
07:27 That's me.
07:28 I play Miss Carlson, the klutz.
07:29 I kind of applied to myself to the character in that respect
07:33 and in doing so I felt like I could honour the memory of real life Sharon Tate
07:37 who so many people said was such a bright light in this world.
07:41 Never did this.
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07:55 Now even though the Cannes Film Festival is an industry event,
07:59 there is a way for members of the public to get involved and see some movies.
08:03 The Cinema de la Plage or the cinema on the beach is open to everyone
08:07 as René Lefort and Nick Rushworth report.
08:09 Sun lovers.
08:14 I'm from Cannes and love sunbathing on the beach.
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08:24 Artists.
08:25 I've come to the beach cinema to make little sketches of people I saw today in Cannes.
08:30 And beach footballers.
08:32 I play a little football.
08:35 We do it in teams of three and draw the pitch.
08:37 We know we won't get any injuries here.
08:40 There's no worries.
08:41 The beach is also a go-to place for movie lovers.
08:45 It's right near the top hotels along the Cannes seafront, the Croisette.
08:48 The fact that they've put a screen on a beach in this incredible setting
08:54 is just a dream.
08:54 It's also a refuge for those missing out on a seat for the latest Indiana Jones.
09:01 I lined up at 11 o'clock and the film was at 7 and I didn't get in.
09:09 But Harrison Ford smiled at me so I'm fine about it.
09:12 People at the beach cinema can see American classics such as Terrence Malick's Badlands.
09:19 My girl Holly and I decided to kill ourselves.
09:22 Same way I did her dad.
09:23 They did everything so well with the chairs are beautiful.
09:28 The setup is really nice.
09:29 They gave us these cute pink blankets.
09:31 So we're really happy that we get to participate in it.
09:34 And they can see world premieres as well.
09:37 We've organized the beach cinema for a little more than 20 years.
09:46 People rush to line up along the beach.
09:48 They spend at least one evening if not two here.
09:51 Some people even come here every night.
09:53 Tonight's movie is a comedy called C'est la Vie.
09:58 In it Jean-Pierre Bacri plays an event organizer at the end of his tether,
10:02 Disasters ensue.
10:15 Well the glamour of the festival is also all about the parties.
10:20 We'll leave you with a taste of Canne by Night with a special performance from Grammy award-winning
10:25 Nigerian star Burnaboy just days after he sold out performance to a crowd of 40,000 in Paris.
10:31 Thanks for watching.
10:33 See you tomorrow.
10:35 Hands up!
10:36 Hands up!
10:37 Hands up!
10:38 Let's shake up the world!
10:40 Come on, everybody!
10:41 I don't want nobody to be my matagele.
10:45 For this life I lay, I want to be celebrated.
10:50 Don't wanna waste my days, I want to spend every moment joyfully.
10:54 I spent too long,
10:58 Up there in the silk doll.
11:03 What do you want, what do you want?
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