The star of 'Elle', 'The Piano Teacher' and 'Heaven's Gate' has no time for the people who review her work French acting legend Isabelle Huppert has revealed that she never reads reviews from “dreadful” critics. The actor, 71, has amassed a formidable reputation over the past 50 years for her work in both French and English language films, and is the most nominated actress in the history of the César Awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars . Some of her best-known performances have come in films such as Paul Verhoeven’s Elle (2016), for which she received an Oscar nomination, Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher (2001), David O.
Russell’s I Heart Huckabees (2004) and Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate (1980). In a new Q&A interview with The Guardian , Huppert answered questions from fans, one of whom focused on the 2016 Mia Hansen-Løve film Things To Come , in which Huppert plays a middle-aged philosophy professor whose life undergoes a series of personal and professional changes. When asked if she finds it challenging when people don’t “get” films such as Things To Come , she countered that the film was critically acclaimed, picking up the Silver Bear prize in Berlin.
It did trigger Huppert to exclaim, however, that whether or not a film is praised by reviewers is not something she concerns herself with. “In general, I never really read dreadful critics,” she said. She was also asked about the differences between American and European cinema, to whic.