Sophie Marceau was very pretty in this
her career didn't really work out.
shareIn terms of her Hollywood career, maybe not. She did fine in Braveheart and really stood out looks wise. She was probably at her hottest as the Villain in Bond film The World is Not Enough. Firelight is her best non French work imo. I Liked her in A Midsummer Night's Dream with Kevin Kline, Christian Bale and Sam Rockwell. Some of her choices in her non French work after that was questionable. Alex And Emma, a rom com with Kate Hudson, Lost and Found with David Spade. She never really got to spread her wings as a actress and was just used for her beauty.
Even before she hit Hollywood, her French film career was in it's 15th year by the time she did Braveheart. She was acting since she was 14. She made her name with The Party in 1980, which got a sequel two years later. Those films were big hits for her and made her a star in France. She then did Fort Saganne in 1984 with Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve. She then had a hit with Happy Easter with French legend Jean Paul Belmondo. At the age of 18, her first four films were big hits. She then began to show her acting chops and show she was more then just a pretty face, with her future partner Andrzej Zulawski (he was 45, she 19. But they were together for 15 years and had a son). She did L'amour Braque with Gerard Depardieu. Then another film with Depardieu in the excellent Police (1985), she's great in that.
Her Work from that point onwards, is give and take really most are below her talents and she happily settled into Romantic films, with probably her standout film been Revenge of The Musketeers in 1994 (better then it's 5.9 rating on IMDB). I think 2008 is her last best year, with Female Agents and LoL (remade in U.S with Miley Cyrus) after that she's just coasting. Early to mid 80's is peak Marceau.
It's strange how soon she flamed out.
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