The Julia Roberts Cannes Interview: ‘History Gets So Easily Rewritten in the Masculine Form’
variety.comJulia Roberts climbed to the top of the stairs at Cannes’ red carpet last week, festival director Thierry Frémaux whispered in her ear: “You made it with your shoes on.” This was, for Roberts, a first — the last time she hit the world’s most glamorous red carpet, promoting “Money Monster” in 2016, she’d intentionally abandoned her stilettos.At the time, the press speculated that Roberts bared her feet as a political statement, given that Cannes has a history of mandating that women wear heels, not flats, at the gala premieres.
Was she trying to send a message? “I’ll leave it to everyone to decide for themselves,” Roberts says. “But what was incredible when I took my shoes off — and I did it kind of subtly underneath my long gown, I just stepped out of my shoes and walked up the stairs, and about halfway up, I did think to myself: ‘Hmm, how do I get those back, I wonder?
Didn’t think that through, I guess!’ And when I got to the very top of the stairs, this very nice man said: ‘Madam, your shoes.’ He put them down for me.
I had no idea who he was, but it was very sweet.” It’s easy to depend on the kindness of strangers when you’re one of the world’s most powerful movie stars.
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