PARIS — Angelina Jolie could also be prepping to reprise her function as an evil stepmother within the subsequent installment of the “Maleficent” sequence, however she’s going to quickly play godmother to this 12 months’s Trophée Chopard winners Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett.
The Oscar winner might be available in Cannes to current the annual award to the rising actors, alongside movie pageant president Iris Knobloch, common delegate Thierry Frémaux, and Chopard copresident and inventive director Caroline Scheufele.
“I’m so comfortable to welcome Angelina Jolie as our Trophée Chopard Godmother. Her wonderful movie profession and dedication to creating a distinction on this planet make her an excellent function mannequin. I do know the rising abilities we honor this 12 months might be impressed by her journey and recommendation,” stated Scheufele.
“I’m honored to be Godmother on the Cannes Movie Pageant. I’m happy to have a second to acknowledge younger artists and their distinctive work,” Jolie added.
Jolie starred in final 12 months’s “Maria,” a Pablo Lorrain’s biopic of opera singer Maria Callas. She additionally stars in Alice Winocour’s upcoming “Couture,” set towards Paris Vogue Week. Each have been shot in Paris; Jolie additionally produced the latter.
Jolie isn’t any stranger to Cannes. Her first outing to the pageant was in 2004 the place she appeared alongside Will Smith and Jack Black for the movie “Shark Tales,” and she or he got here to the Croisette once more in 2008 for Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling.”
Jolie can be behind Atelier Jolie, a inventive style and artwork hub, in New York, and serves within the function of strategic adviser to the sustainable model One other Tomorrow.
As is conventional for the godmother function, Jolie will provide the up-and-coming actors steering by means of the 12 months.
Marie Colomb
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Colomb has been a breakout star in France, together with a starring function within the movie “Magnetic Beats,” which received the César Award for Finest First Movie. She might be within the upcoming French model of “Les Miserables” alongside Camille Cottin and Noémie Merlant.
Irish-British actor Finn Bennett may even be honored, following his function in “Warfare,” “Black Doves” and “True Detective: Night time Nation.” He’s slated to be the lead within the subsequent “Sport of Thrones” spin-off “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.”
Finn Bennett
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Will probably be the twenty fifth version of the award, which cinema lover Scheufele launched in 2001.
The Trophée is taken into account to be a very auspicious award, with earlier winners together with Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Pleasure, James McAvoy and John Boyega. Winners akin to Kruger, Seydoux and Marion Cotillard have returned as godmothers in later years.
Different stars together with Demi Moore, Charlize Theron, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, in addition to Robert De Niro and Sean Penn, have additionally served because the mentors.
Longtime Cannes associate Chopard can be behind the pageant’s prime prize within the Palme d’Or. The home will host its first Common Gala on Could 19, whereas Scheufele will present a presentation of her Caroline’s Couture style line on Could 15 on the Hôtel Martinez.
Final 12 months’s winners Sophie Wilde and Mike Faist (L-R) flank godmother Demi Moore.
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