The British-French actor tells us about working with Nicolas Ghesquière, and the new films and TV shows she has coming up
Stacy Martin, the 30-year-old British-French actor and front-row regular, has long been a muse of Louis Vuitton creative director Nicolas Ghesquière. It comes as no surprise, then, that she’s the ambassador for the house’s new pre-fall 2021 collection—an eclectic mix of printed jackets, thigh-high boots and acid-bright chain-link bags that she wears in a series of portraits shot by the designer himself.
. But, 2021 is set to be the year her career kicks into overdrive, with a flurry of new releases that range from a ghost story to her first TV show. “I loved the shoes. I’m not usually a slides person, but I think lockdown’s changed me. I spent most of that shoot in slides and I thought: ‘This is amazing!’ Also the look in the bathroom, with the violet background. All those elements come together to create something really exciting.”The Serpent
“It is! I always thought, ‘TV is very specific and I’m not really into that.’ I was a bit too arrogant on that front [laughs]. It’s changed a lot. Now, there’s more freedom given to directors, and platforms such as Netflix can afford to take risks. I’m also morbidly obsessed with true crime and the story of Charles Sobhraj is so dark. [My character] Juliette is someone who’s aware of his nature. There’s a moment in the show when you can see there’s love between them and it’s heartbreaking.