Why Valérie Lemercier wanted to make a film about the world’s most beloved, private diva.
, written, directed by, and starring the French actor Valérie Lemercier, sheds light on the lesser-known parts of the pop diva’s life, a life where “My Heart Will Go On” does not play a starring role.
“When you are making biopics, it’s often about the dark side of somebody and this depressed thing, and it was not the case with Celine, and I liked that,” Lemercier told NYLON over Zoom. For her, the greatest part of Dion’s tale was the story of her and her first and only true love René Angélil, whom Dion met when she was 12 and he was 38.
It’s safe to say Lemercier is a Dion superfan; she spent “a year and 19 days” reading every book and consuming all the information she could about Dion in order to write, direct in and star in the role. But she also took her devotion to the role a step further. But it speaks to how desperately Lemercier wanted to embody the diva. Despite all Dion’s attempts to be private – she didn’t want anything to do with the making of the film, and– there’s something about the singer that makes people’s hearts latch tightly to her.
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