Arielle Dombasle: this comparison to Barbie who "a lot" makes you suffer

This Tuesday, September 12, Arielle Dombasle was the guest of Léa Salamé and Nicolas Demorand on the France Inter morning show. In addition to talking about his new film The secrets of the Princess of Cadignanthe singer revealed to have “suffered a lot” of a comparison which today is part of the past.

Arielle Dombasle was present this Tuesday, September 12 on the set of the France Inter morning show co-hosted by Léa Salamé and Nicolas Demorand. The opportunity for her to promote her new film, The secrets of the Princess of Cadignan which she directed and in which she plays the main role. This project was taken from a short story by the writer Honoré de Balzac called A Parisian princess. “Which is absolutely astonishing, it is because Balzac made a portrait of a woman of such modernity and he looked at the condition of women in the 19th century in an absolutely brilliant and stunning way“, she clarified. She then said more about the character she plays on the big screen. “She’s a huge character to interpret and for me, what connects me to this character is her fighting aspect and that’s what’s so beautiful too, Balzac’s look at this woman who is all the same a devil, who takes liberties which (…) fifty before, she would have ended up at the stake, that is to say on the ground of seduction“, she explained.

Arielle Dombasle: this comparison that has “her”a lot“makes you suffer

Following the interview, the France Inter morning show teams broadcast a song performed by Arielle Dombasle and called Barbiconicreleased in 2022. Léa Salamé wanted to know if she had succumbed “Barbie madness“, in particular by going to see the film released at the cinema at the end of July with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling on display. To which she replied: “You know, I have suffered since I was 13 from being assimilated to the Barbie doll, I suffered a lot“. A suffering that is no longer relevant today.”NOW, I claim the fact that with a Barbie doll physique and to have loved the Barbie doll and its range of possibilities for the future, there is nothing to be ashamed of, you must be proud of it“, she continued.

Arielle Dombasle talks about why she didn’t want to be a mother

Also, still in this exchange with Léa Salamé, Arielle Dombasle agreed to come back to the fact that she never wanted to have children. “I did not follow the path of the species and the great path of nature… With me, ended a whole line of women (…) For me, my children, these are my films and my journey as an artist“, she simply reacted.