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Diane Kruger:Gorgeous Girl Next Doorby Lynn B.
Geez, no wonder Orlando’s character was ready to start a war over her. Diane’s baby blue eyes alone could knock over an entire football team with one “bat” of her long lashes, but they are friendly too. Okay, she looks hot in low-cut, sleeveless black top, grey pants and hoop earrings. Her hair extensions (for a new role she explains) bring her shoulder-length streaked blonde hair down to the middle of her back. Oh, and she lives in France. We’d love to hate her but, not gonna happen. The actress was fun and ready to spill secrets on her shoot with hot Josh Hartnett, (OMG, Josh AND Orlando in one year? The Gods are definitely on this girl’s side) relationships, her new projects, fave date activities and music, etc. AGW: Your character really has a tough time in the film. What did you like about her in the beginning? Diane: I really like Lisa because, first of all, I’ve never played a really nice character. I’ve always had sort of screwed up characters and she’s just a really cool girl. She’s a dancer and I come from a dance background and I just thought that she was a girl that I would like to be friends with. In the whole movie she’s the only one that’s somewhat balanced and I like that fact that she has a career and that she does leave for London when this opportunity comes up. I like that she’s a really good friend to Alex (Rose Byrne’s character) and I like her relationship with Matthew (Josh’s character) because I think she’s very mature about it. I like the fact that she doesn’t take it lightly when he asks her to move in and she actually has to think about it. AGW: Have you ever had a girlfriend try to move in on your guy? Diane; Yeah and it was not fun. I don’t think I’ve spoken to her since. AGW: Did you take any of the feelings in your movie from real life? Diane: Well, yes and no. To a certain extent more to the fact that I’ve certainly been dumped by a guy and been obsessed about a guy. AGW: Have you ever felt that depth of love for a guy before? Diane: Not on that level. I’ve certainly been in love with a guy and not been loved in return in that way and that is a really desperate situation to be in and vice versa. I’ve certainly had guys that have fallen in love with me and I just didn’t (feel that way) and in no case is that a very fun situation to be in. AGW: How was it working with Josh on this movie? Diane: I was very intimidated when I met him because I’d never met a Hollywood movie star/Heartthrob (laughs). I didn’t really know what to expect and I was very surprised because he is very humble and serious, actually kind of reserved and even shy at times and I thought that was really nice because he could be cocky because he is so handsome. I really liked that about him. AGW: Did you see the French movie on which the film is based?
AGW: What’s the primary difference between working in the French industry and working in LA? Diane: The only really big difference is that you work in much more luxury here. I always say that because I bet that a lot of American actors don’t know how good they have it. I was amazed even on Wicker Park which is considered to be a lot smaller, I had a great trailer and I couldn’t believe that I had my own driver, not that it’s good or bad but everything is done to put the actor in comfort. In France it’s a little bit more intense. Sometimes the director has written the script so you spend two years trying to get this movie made so the producers don’t really have a lot to say once you start filming. The producers here are on set everyday and what they say goes. AGW: Is your film with Nick Cage, National Treasure wrapped? Diane: Yes it comes out in November. I had the best time on that one. I have to say that I’m a huge fan of Nicholas Cage. I think I’ve seen every single film he’s done since I was ten. I had the biggest crush on him when I was twelve. I could not believe that I was doing a film with him and he turned out to be the funnest person I have ever met in my entire life. He’s so crazy. AGW: Can you talk about your character in National Treasure? Do you do a lot of action? Diane: No, not at all. I play a very American part- the curator that works at the National Archives in Washington. A bit of a stuck up person, high button, very far away from me I promise. It was a lot of reading up on American History which I didn’t know very much about. That was really interesting. We shot in the Smithsonian, we shot in Independence Hall which is so cool because I got to see the Liberty Bell. That movie is a bit of an adventure film, Indiana Jones kind of thing but it’s set in Washington, Philadelphia and in New York. Nick and Sean Bean play treasure hunters. They are constantly travelling around the world trying to find old ships and that sort of thing and they find this clue that the treasure of all treasures has been handed down through generations and generations and the founding fathers have left an invisible map on the Declaration of Independence and that’s how they come to me and I get involved in the whole thing. AGW: Sounds cool! Any stories from the set that you want to share with us? Diane; We went to Korea town and did a little karaoke. That’s kind of funny to see Nicholas cage up on stage doing a little karaoke. AGW: Okay, Bloom, Cage, Pitt, Hartnett. Do you have the market cornered on heartthrobs? Diane: (laughs) They’re all very different. For example Orlando’s got a very bubbly personality, very flamboyant, British sense of humor. He dresses extravagant, he’s like a little boy. They’re all very different and very fun in their own way. AGW: Are you still getting teased about being ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’? Has it helped or has it hurt? Diane: I don’t know how that could hurt in any sense. It certainly helped to open a lot of doors. Going in, 50% of the people will think it was a mistake to cast me and some think it’s great but it was a really good part for me. AGW: What was the transition for you from the dance world to working in films? Diane: I modeled in between. I quit dancing because I had a knee injury and it was one of those things where you need to reflect on your life and look in the mirror and be really honest with yourself and I think I just realized that I didn’t have the talent it takes to become a prima ballerina and I didn’t want to give up my life for that. It was really difficult to admit to because I had done it for 11 years and that was like my whole world. I started modelling and that really opened up my horizons because I lived in France and I lived in New York and that’s how I first got in touch with this world because nobody in my family had ever done anything in show business or had ties to it. I got really bored with modelling but it was a financial thing I could fall back on. That put me through Drama school and then I quit modelling and went back to France and studied in classical theatre for two years and then went out on auditions and that’s how it all started. AGW: Since you live and work in Europe can you talk about the differences in European and American culture? Diane: There’s a way of life that’s just very different in Europe. People are very laid back in a way. You’re late for every appointment and you complain about the whole world (laughs) which I like. The food is great and you take a lot of time for the nice things in life. Which at the same time drives me crazy because nothing ever gets done. What I really like about America is that anything is possible which is the American dream and I know it’s a cliché but when you come from Europe it’s so true. You believe everything is possible and you believe in your dreams. I had opportunities here that I never would have had in Europe. AGW: Some Europeans say that Americans don’t know how to live. True? Diane: I don’t think that’s true. I just think they live differently. I do think they work too hard. Two weeks vacation a year? That’s crazy. In Europe it’s like six weeks or two months. I went back to Paris in August, it was driving me crazy. Nothing was open. It was like a ghost town. My drycleaner wasn’t even open, or the Supermarket – hello?(laughs) AGW: So do you think you’ll move here? Diane: I don’t think I’ll live here full time. I might get a place here just because I come so often. My friends say New York but I spent five months here (in LA) doing National Treasure and I had a really good time. AGW: What do you do to kick back when you’re not doing all this stuff? Diane: To tell you the truth I don’t really ever not work. If I’m not shooting a movie there’s always something to do, either this (press interviews) or photo shoots or you do other stuff. I would really like to sleep late, or drink Bellini’s, have eggs Benedict or go to movies. AGW: So you’re not big on exercising? Diane: I am when I’m here. How can you not? Everyone’s like “let’s meet at the Gym”. Actually, when I came back from LA to Paris I went and brought myself to the gymnast club and since then I have not been once. When I was younger, I did ballet for 5 hours a day so that keeps you fit. AGW: Who did you model for? Diane: All of them. I did pretty well. I was on the cover of Vogue a few times, Marie Claire, Cosmo. AGW: What are you doing next? Diane; I’m starting a movie next week, Merry Christmas, which is why I have these long, annoying hair extensions. It’s actually a European film and I play an opera singer. This movie I’ve committed to a long time and it’s a really great story. It’s set on Christmas Eve 1914. It’s a true story about when the French, British, Germans and Scottish decided to make peace for one night and they buried the dead and played soccer on No Man’s land. AGW: Are there any actresses whose careers you would like to have? Diane: Certainly Cate Blanchett. I just think she’s always made really great choices. Meryl Streep, I don’t know if I’m going to be given the chance for that kind of career. There are some really great ladies out here. AGW: Who’s somebody you’re dying to do a movie with? Diane: Many people. For a director I would give my right hand to work with Thomas Anderson, I just love all of his movies. Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Juilanne Moore, Meryl Streep, I would love to work with Cate Blanchett. AGW: Of all of the films you’ve done so far which one are you most proud of? Diane: I can’t answer that question because every movie that you do, you put so much work in to that, and your heart and soul, and you give up something from yourself. You can’t always win. Some movies turn out better than others but I love them all. I’ve been in movies that didn’t do so well and went straight to video but I can’t regret it because you grow as an actor. I just love acting and the business side of it is not my job. AGW: What would you love to do on an ideal date? Diane: I think he should take me out for Bellini’s. (laughs) I would probably want dinner and drinks and conversation. AGW: What kind of music do you like to listen to? Diane: I really like Coldplay and Nina Simone. Very different sounds. AGW: What is your other film Copying Beethoven about? Diane: It takes place in Vienna in 1825 and Ed Harris plays Beethoven towards the end of his life when he’s deaf and horrible to everybody. That’s when he’s composing the ninth symphony. I play this really young girl that lives in a convent and who is dreaming about becoming a composer but women in those times don’t really work so by coincidence she becomes his copyist and they have this really interesting relationship. A great character for me to play and for him, obviously. Diane leaves and the men in the room let out an audible sigh. |
 
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Wow,
I’m going to meet the “face that launched a thousand ships”.
That would be petite ex-dancer and model turned actress Diane Kruger who
played Helen in the Troy movie this year. I go to the 4 Seasons
hotel in Beverly Hills to talk to her about her new romantic film Wicker
Park, expecting to feel really intimidated. This chick is ultra-gorgeous,
right? Okay, right but, talking with her is like chatting with a girlfriend
in the hall before Phys Ed class. She’s fall over dead beautiful
but….normal. She thinks Americans work way too hard. 
Diane:
Yeah. I saw it when it first came out in France. I really like it but
I do think Wicker Park is quite different and I’m quite
pleased about that because I did think that it was a good movie and there’s
nothing worse than trying to copy a movie that is already quite good.