We chat with DangerousLiaisons star Carice van Houten (caricevhouten) about her mysterious character, Jacqueline de Montrachet, and how she fits into Valmont and Merteuil's world. DangerousSTARZ premieres November 6.
Fans of high-brow literature and low-brow teen dramas alike are intimately familiar with the premise of Dangerous Liaisons, which pits two scheming lovers against each other when their games get too hot to handle. But the latest iteration of the story, set to premiere this weekend on STARZ, takes a new approach to a classic tale by serving as a prequel to Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' iconic epistolary novel.
Carice van Houten: I've never read the novel, to be very honest with you. But I, of course, did see the movie back in the 90s [with Glenn Close and John Malkovich]. That was still quite fresh in my head, but I was curious when I heard that they were doing this again. I was like, "Why? Why?" It just is a good question to ask yourself.
Carice van Houten: The character actually doesn't exist in the book, so it was also a great opportunity for me to build the character together with the director. I actually quite like the fact that, even though we're very different and there's obviously tension between the two women there, they also have things in common.
Carice van Houten: I think any character that I ever played, to a certain extent, must have both. We are both the Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood; we all have that in us. There is no good and bad, and people can do terrible things but be a very a great parent. There's so many examples of this, but this is for everyone who feels [that].
Carice van Houten: It is amazing, the locations that we've been to and the costumes. It's all so detailed, and I think what makes the show so very strong is that it's very authentic. Even the way the blush is on the face is the way they did it in the 1700s, not our modern take on blush. There's a whole choreography of makeup as well, so I think that the fact that there's so much detail in that authenticity makes this also quite stand out.
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