Rising Star Julia de Nunez on the Pressures of Tackling ‘Bardot’
variety.comBen Croll “Bardot” star Julia de Nunez didn’t intend to make such a splash this early. As a drama student, she was happy to hone her craft, and planned to someday try for France’s National Conservatory, if they would have her.
But when she saw a casting notice for an upcoming series – and one that resonated with her in a personal way – she had to answer the call. “Of course, I knew Brigitte Bardot as an actress and singer,” de Nunez tells Variety. “And funnily enough I was often told that I resembled her.
In fact, I myself noticed the resemblance as a young girl. So it was all the more amusing to read for the role. It made sense somewhere in my life.” Sufficient to say the Franco-Argentine actress got the role, and would embody the midcentury icon in Daniele and Christopher Thompson’s limited series, which follows the iconic B.B.
from adolescence to international stardom. “As an actress, it would have been very complicated if I’d stuck to the myth,” says de Nunez. “I had to go beyond that public image and to entirely let myself go.
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