“She knows her career is not eternal,” actress Lou de Laage says.
“It comes from a very unwelcome place,” Kirby says.
“And it’s a ridiculous idea at the outset.
Luke Kirby and Lou de Laâge in ‘Étoile’.Credit:Prime Video
But it provides him one thing, which is keeping her in New York.”
“She’s a very rare force and a difficult one to have around.
So I don’t think it comes easily to ask her to participate in it.
Lou de Laâge in ‘Etoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
But he really thinks that it could make for a very exciting new season at the company.”
“But in the end, the longevity of the company is the most important thing.
And it needs something original.
It needs the pop of energy.
She’s the future.”
Though Cheyenne takes some time to contemplate the offer, she ultimately decides to take the job.
“She knows that her career is not eternal,” de Laage adds.
She’s very confident with herself.
He was much more conservative."
Luke Kirby in ‘Etoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
“But now Genevieve has shown him how to take risks,” Palladino continues.
“She’s disappointed because Jack puts this idea in her head,” de Laage says.
“She wants to become the head of the company, the artistic director.
Charlotte Gainsbourg in ‘Etoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
That’s become a dream for her.
Now, she’s going to fight to have what she wants.”
“It’s a real mess for her,” Palladino says.
Lou de Laâge in ‘Etoile’.Philippe Antonello/Prime Video
“We started her journey with a woman who was wondering if she had anything left in her.
She was 32, 33, which is when ballerinas start thinking about longevity.”
“She’s in a horribly emotional state at the end,” he reflects.
“She read into the slip as basically the coming of the end of her career.
And she’s acting rashly.
So, there’s a lot of tidying up emotionally to do.”
“She’s really bad with her emotions,” de Laage explains.
“She even doesn’t know for herself what happened in her body and her emotions.
She’s totally lost.
But I think she doesn’t like it when someone tells her no.
“Having a love story with this woman is a terrible idea,” quips de Laage.
Kirby adds, “Really, really terrible.
But not as terrible as being with Gael.”
