VL: I'm a very bad singer, but I've loved dancing for a long time, so I did my own dancing in the movie. It was a great experience. In France, it was the first musical comedy for 20 years, so it was very exciting to be a part of it.
PB: If The Beach is a big success, will you go to Hollywood, or will you continue to do French films?
VL: I absolutely want to keep working in France. What's good is when you're doing an international movie, like The Beach is, it's going to be released everywhere in the world, so many directors that probably never saw you in a French movie are going to see you. For me being an actress, it's also working with different directors from different cultures. I would like doing other American movies, but I also would like doing some Spanish or Italian, so it's a good opportunity.
PB: How does a French actress establish a career in American films? Isabelle Adjani and Isabelle Huppert have made some crummy movies. They all go back to France.
VL: There's not a lot of roles for French girls other than playing a French girl.
PB: A Single Girl was probably your biggest hit in the U.S. up to this point. After that, a lot of things happened. Is it true you got a call from Woody Allen's casting agent?
VL: Yes, it's true, but it was a call from his casting agent -- his casting director -- so it doesn't mean anything.
PB: If he had called, it would have been different?
VL: Oh, yeah. Maybe, but he didn't call me, so I don't know. [laughs]
PB: In Late August, Early September, your character, Anne, is kinky, but she has a violent streak. Tell me about her.
