(Paris) Cocooning with family, cheeseburgers and sleeping pills: Julia Roberts gives AFP her recipe for facing the apocalypse without worrying, on the occasion of the release of a disaster film in which she plays the main role on Netflix .
Posted online on December 8, Leave the World Behind, co-produced by former President Barack Obama and directed by Sam Esmail (the Mr Robot series), oscillates between Black Mirror-style dystopia and Get Out-style anxiety by Jordan Peele, to point out technology dependence, racism and every man for himself.
The star of Pretty Woman, Erin Brockovich and Notting Hill plays with our fears in this film where she plays a self-centered and misanthropic mother who thinks about going away for a weekend away in a luxury villa. Under the gaze of her children, her husband (Ethan Hawke) and a worrying guest (Mahershala Ali), she will have to face the collapse of our modern world.
Julia Roberts: “If I had 24 hours, I’d hunker down with my family, piles of cheeseburgers, copious amounts of alcohol, chocolate chip cookies, hugs and kisses…and maybe some sleeping pills too . But no ! It will not happen ! »
Julia Roberts: “Natural disasters, because they are more realistic. And also because Mother Nature doesn’t care what anyone thinks. »
Julia Roberts: “It was a lot of fun to play with that, because actually, I love people, I think I’m very open and friendly, and so I love that first dialogue.
Now I even have socks that say “I fucking hate people.” And I love the idea of playing someone who has adopted that way of thinking, and what that really means. How do you behave in a world of humans with this feeling inside you? »
Julia Roberts: “For me, I don’t think it’s a choice in terms of playing someone likeable or unlikeable. I think that’s more what’s in this great mix. I don’t think it’s a question of friendly or unfriendly, but rather what’s going on inside of it all (the role or the film). »
Julia Roberts: “I think we’re all in this together. I just have the feeling that we are each truly a thousand and one versions of one beautiful thing, which is humanity. Oh yes, and (the importance of) cooking too! »