Sofia Coppolas latest film, Marie-Antoinette, should draw a more appreciative audience in America than it had at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film garnered wide-spread boos from French critics. While disappointed in the reaction of the French, the star of the film, Kirsten Dunst, understood why they disliked her.

"I didn't take it to heart," Dunst says in an interview in the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. "How would we feel about the French doing a movie about George Washington with French actors?"

The actress admitted filming took a toll on her.

"Sometimes I felt really isolated because it was such a lonely part to play," she says. "I didn't really interact with that many people I couldn't really rely on other people to get it out of me. I was really thankful when Jason (Schwartzman, who plays Louis XVI) was on set, because then I could unload a little bit on him."

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SRBuell

Rancho Cordova, CA

May 2004

OCT 07, 2006 02:14 PM

jaggy

Austin, TX

October 2003

OCT 07, 2006 02:27 PM

ZzzzZZ wha wha?

Cassiel

Aurora, CO

September 2004

OCT 07, 2006 02:32 PM

i can't wait for this film.

Tangus

Chicago, IL

November 2005

OCT 07, 2006 02:37 PM

jason schwartzman!!!

apesamongus

Atlanta, GA

July 2002

OCT 07, 2006 02:44 PM

Maybe they were upset that the plot was more like "What if Paris Hilton was Marie Antoinette". Just watching the Regal First Look special on it gave me the hives.

st_even

Milwaukee, WI

September 2006

OCT 07, 2006 02:45 PM

Martyrizing one of the worst leaders in world history, who grew fat while her people starved? Oh, but it has rock music in it! Get out.

Volkov

San Antonio, TX

OLD SKOOL

OCT 07, 2006 03:31 PM

I think the whole point of the movie is to show what a bad queen she was in terms of a ruler of the people. and how much of a celeb she was ala Paris Hilton even way back then. at least that's how it seems to be portrayed from the previews.

Calypso

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

OCT 07, 2006 03:32 PM

Yes, god forbid a director has creative freedom and deviates from facts for the sake of ENTERTAINMENT.

Weiners.

apesamongus

Atlanta, GA

July 2002

OCT 07, 2006 03:44 PM

Well, that would depend on whether or not you find watching people behave like that entertaining or not.

Millie

Green Bay, WI

October 2006

OCT 07, 2006 03:47 PM

Cassiel said:
i can't wait for this film.

Me either!

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

OCT 07, 2006 03:54 PM

This movie looks like it could be such a great trainwreck. I can't wait.

Leela

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

OCT 07, 2006 04:03 PM

i really wanna see it :0)

Kaziklu

Canada

November 2004

OCT 07, 2006 05:00 PM

nice to see she is up there with the historical knowledge and that.. couldn't imagine why the French might do a movie about George Washington... they only aided him in a major way.

and I've seen her act.. i'm sure it's not the reason why there was boo's

it most likely started with Boobs show us your boobs.. and when they realized it wasn't going to happen and she was being serious in her acting it turned to boos. just my thought

Sound

I'm lost

January 2004

OCT 07, 2006 05:27 PM

Calypso said:
Yes, god forbid a director has creative freedom and deviates from facts for the sake of ENTERTAINMENT.

Weiners.

Word teh fuck up mang.

Margot_Dent

Los Angeles, CA

February 2004

OCT 07, 2006 06:03 PM

arg it looks terrrrrrible. plus i cant stand kirsten dunst.

sirloins

Huntington Beach, CA

October 2005

OCT 07, 2006 07:08 PM

She's my teflon.

Shh! Don't tell!

xani

Charlottesville, VA

May 2006

OCT 07, 2006 07:18 PM

st_even said:
Martyrizing one of the worst leaders in world history, who grew fat while her people starved?

Marie offended the noblity when she cut back the royal staff.
blaming her for her death is like blaming a six year old for global warming.

american_Xile

Oklahoma City, OK

August 2005

OCT 07, 2006 08:14 PM

Hmm, I have seen it. (bless you hadji bootlegs) Its a bit stale really.

zoton

Kuwait

November 2005

OCT 07, 2006 08:32 PM

just great ..... now I have to go see it ..... only to confirm that it sucks.

CocoabutteR

Brooklyn, NY

March 2006

OCT 07, 2006 08:36 PM

How is this news?!

Moya

Milwaukee, WI

January 2005

OCT 07, 2006 08:54 PM

I really wanted to see the movie. Then I saw Kirsten Dunst was in it and now I might not go see it. She is like nails on a chalk board to me. *sigh* What to do..what to do..