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What is known about Ariel Besse's parents?

posted 10 years ago by cmertes-1
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We know, for example, that Brooke Shield's mother was kind of a bіtch, keeping her daughter in the dark about all things sexual while at the same time pushing her to do movies she was incapable of understanding at the time. The two didn't end up on the best of terms later.

On the other end of the protective mom spectrum, Natalie Portman's mother was extremely worried about the much more harmless "Leon", even negotiating one scene out of the script.

What about the parents of Ariel Besse? Did she go "Oh, a movie where I kiss an old man all the time, press my naked body against his and show my still awkward-looking breasts on camera? That sounds like something I'll absolutely have to do!" at age 15 herself? Were her parents worried about the role? Or was she on the contrary pushed by her parents into doing this for the supposed fame and maybe money?

[–] gizmomogwai 9 years ago

A 15-year-old is not a small child. I'm sure she understood the role and the movie, probably better than you did. Her parents, too, probably understood that acting is acting.

[–] will-694 9 years ago

The age of consent in France is 15, provided the youth is acting of her own free will and the adult is not in a position of author over her.