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It was a courageous performance because she is a very, very shy person.

And I’m very, very happy that she got the Best Actress prize in Cannes. LvT: After reading the script and discussing with me how those scenes were going to be made, there was never any doubt in her mind. Was she worried about the nudity and violence? We had no problems whatsoever.Ĭharlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist. LvT: Charlotte came in and said, ‘I’m dying to get the part no matter what.’ So I think it was a decision she made very early and she stuck to it. I was so mad, because you can’t wait two months. And yes, Eva Green wanted to do it so we nearly had a Bond girl in the film! We had lots of discussions but her agents definitely didn’t want her to do it. LvT: We spent a long time looking for the female. Is it true that Eva Green wanted to play the female role? She said, ‘You dare not take the part!’ And you shouldn’t say that to Willem! So he jumped in. And I said, ‘Sure!’ He was a little reluctant to start with, but then my wife did this brilliant thing. But Willem sent me a letter asking if I had some work for him. LvT: Originally, we were thinking of younger people. How did you persuade Willem Dafoe to star? The only country in Europe that’s going to censor it is Germany. But very few countries are going to censor the film. I could see that in Cannes that there were people beforehand that had decided already either not to like it or like it. Did you expect Antichrist to be so controversial? So if it’s a good title for this film, I don’t know! But it’s a good title. It’s not really a horror film and it’s not really religious. Lars von Trier: I always thought it was a good title.