Today, Drucker seems fulfilled and happy to be living out her professional dreams. Career-wise, had all the makings of a perfect year for you. How did you experience it? LD With immense joy! LD It certainly involves taking risks. For example, by accepting a supporting role in Close by Lukas Dhont, I had to give up a leading role in a film made by a director I adore.
Each phase of a career has its own issues and questions. The most important thing to me is that I find the script deeply moving, even if it might be scary, as in Close. LD It was an exhilarating experience. I was really taken by the role and the chance to work on such a complex character, and also to be able to talk about it afterward. For this film, the promotion was really an extension of its making. You always wonder how to talk about a character who acts the way she does, especially in a film by Catherine Breillat, a freethinker who has always fearlessly explored the complexity and heights of female intimacy.
All her films, beginning with the first, Une vraie jeune fille A Real Young Girl in , are about that, and they have always created a sensation. LD The very definite opinions people have of my character. LD No, because in order to play her, I first had to find personal reasons to help me understand why a lawyer who defended abused girls and had everything she ever wanted would commit such a transgression.
I managed to do it by imagining her past, which is barely hinted at in the film: the fact that she herself had been the victim of violence.
Her meeting with the son of the man with whom she shares her life tears this strong woman apart. She sees it as a way of repairing herself, even if it means destroying everything in her path, both the year-old and her family. This role will remain a landmark in your career as an actor. Did you dream of doing something else when you were growing up, or was this the only profession you ever considered?
