Margaret Qualley on Debuting Two Films at Cannes | Presented by Chanel
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00:00I've only been here four times.
00:02I came with my mom a long time ago,
00:04but it was a kind of like out-of-body experience.
00:07I was deer in the headlights.
00:08I didn't know what I wanted to do with myself
00:10or my life or how to do it.
00:12Then for Claire Denis, having her to look up to
00:15and lead the way was absolutely spectacular.
00:17And now with these two movies, I feel super lucky
00:21and trying to enjoy every single step of the way
00:24because I'm around so many amazing people.
00:26This is it.
00:29The moment of truth.
00:30While making it, I really didn't overanalyze anything.
00:34It was kind of more of like a dreamy,
00:36kind of free-falling experience
00:38where I was just going for it.
00:41You know, I watched it for my second time last night
00:43and I have all kinds of takeaways.
00:44I could sit here and talk to you about it for an hour.
00:46Like, we'd have to get into it.
00:48But certainly, thematically, it's talking about
00:51power and control and all the bizarre things
00:56that humans do in this world.
00:58I found all of my characters pretty hopeful
01:00in a pretty hopeless environment.
01:04I love the Chanel family.
01:07I feel so lucky to work with them.
01:09It makes me feel like a princess.
01:11It's so special.
01:13I couldn't imagine a more beautiful dress.
01:15Virginie Viard just outdoes herself every single time.
01:17I'm a big fan.
01:19It's kind of no different from being a fan of Yorgos
01:22and being in a Yorgos movie, being a fan of Virginie
01:25and getting to wear her designs.
01:27It's very special.
01:36That movie is a bit of a cautionary tale,
01:40like a fairy tale gone wrong.
01:42It kind of magnifies what the world is doing to women,
01:48how corrupt and dangerous it is.
01:53Demi and I found we had so much in common.
01:58I adore her, and she was the best partner in this.
02:00I couldn't have imagined anybody more fearless,
02:04more compassionate.
02:05She's just really smart and really great.
02:08My character's so different from me,
02:10so I think I'm more like Demi than my character is.
02:17I think I'm more like Demi than my character is.