Sofia Boutella on Playing a Character Spiked with LSD in ‘Climax’

[@Vujo357]

Credit to this fella who made great interview, without annoying interuptions and stupid questions

[@jerryb.2611]

The dancing in the film was something I’ve never seen especially her dancing. The way she really embodies all of those emotions and intense expression was just amazing. My favorite scene was when she lost it in the red room with the forest because I felt her emotions in the moment. You just can’t take it anymore and you just let it all out I felt like she was expressing how I already felt on the inside.

[@desireekallenberg3235]

100%

[@KelseyRaeXo97]

The style of dance is called voguing!

[@FILMTHING680]

@@KelseyRaeXo97 There are a lot of different dance styles in the movie. But voguing is definitely the most present one.

[@Audfaced]

What a dreamy, passionate woman. How seriously she takes her craft and artistic process. Ugh I love her so much.

[@JayOEhEn]

Authentic

[@Hamishamishamishamish]

I absolutely love how Sofia’s reaction to the movie is basically the same as anyone else who has just seen the movie for the first time…the strange pulling desire to watch it again and again to see what you might have missed each time. She was just incredible in this movie, along with the rest of the cast. Utterly extraordinary.

[@HeIsFullyBooked]

This movie really made me look at Sofia in a different light. She was okay in Kingsmen, but she didn't really have any meat to the role. I don't even want to mention the Mummy.... but her performance in this movie was captivating and she really proved her capability as an actress. I'm now genuinely excited to see what she does next.

[@dg20038]

thoughts on Rebel Moon?

[@DavidDatura]

Sofia is a fascinating lady.

[@scabZable]

She is beautiful in "rescue me" by thirty seconds to mars

[@islamswife3315]

She's Algerian u know that?

[@Anwahs13]

not surprising as the most beautiful women I've seen {imo) are Algerian

[@516throwapot]

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU, THAT'S A MAN NOT A WOMEN

[@WhiteWolf1980]

@@516throwapot what was his name before sofia? Maybe do some research before voicing ignorant "facts." It's better to let people think you're an idiot, than to open your mouth and prove them right.

[@Anwahs13]

let's give props to the amazing choreographer Nina McNeely

[@leeschuna4226]

Cool that she was fascinated with Requiem for a Dream and ended up starring in Climax! Together those would make a great double-feature...drug fueled existential hellscapes // waking nightmares at the cinema

[@alisarsour8552]

That's what,I was thinking. Both movie will turn you away from drugs. They were extremely nightmarish movies.

[@alisterfolson]

@@alisarsour8552 Or, you used to do drugs and gives you a reason never to try them again

[@RobertSlover]

trainspotting, fear and loathing in las vegas, panic in needle park, leaving las vegas would be good

[@buried4430]

rob slover and trainspotting

[@poopstainhotdog1]

An equally great double-bill for Requiem for a Dream is Noe’s earlier film I Stand Alone

[@roastnut]

I presume French and/or Algerian are her first and second languages... So speaking English as a THIRD language, in the way that she does, shows an incredible level of fluency. She is more articulate than the majority of native English speakers I know...!

[@AngeAlexiel]

i met this beautiful woman once ( after the mummy was released ) and she was so nice and didn't behave like a star , i loved that about her, she really took time to talk to each of us and i respect her for that. So great to see her in a Gaspar Noé movie... all his movie are cute an experience .. real cinema i would say.. no matter if you hate or love it ... you really feel something for sure....

[@dracometeors3010]

I mean yeah... She is smokin hot. But cant we just say how loveable she is.

[@jazzupthattriad1257]

C'est dû à l'héritage Nord-Africain de sofia. Merveilleuse...

[@SixtySecondYoga]

Both is good!

[@bluedemon218]

Agreed

[@Weird-City]

Amazing movie. Totally blew me away and still affected from it 2 days later. Sophia's performance (as with all the actors) was amazing but hard to describe since it's not like watching a performance - viscerally real. One particular moment of pure horror/realization will stay with me for a long time.

[@evelynvongizycki1017]

WeirdCity which part I think I blacked out in shock

[@Weird-City]

@@evelynvongizycki1017 Spoilers - spoilers ahead - don't read unless you have watched this movie - when the police find the boy in the electric cupboard and you realize what it actually was that caused that electric to cut out earlier in the movie.

[@DareHare]

She was spectacular i was surprised to hear she had no personal experience on LSD

[@roach9397]

Yeah same here. Her performance is one of the main things that really sell the feel of a bad trip in this movie.

[@warriorsofcamelotlotro3347]

One of the best genre actresses of today!

[@SamAtScareworks]

One of the best horror movies I've ever watched, acting and camera work was perfect

[@jjsmama401]

I haven’t been this excited by a female role since Toni Colette in Hereditary. And to think she had to come up with it a lot on her own! I loved that she and the little boy had their own little dance routine and hugs.

[@hegeliandianetik2009]

"the little boy" 😂😂😂

[@polipetroli9977]

Hey what a nice interview I really love it!!

[@sergioska7883]

as i was watching the movie i was like bruh this girl must be on something, like she cant be sober acting like this, and she was indeed, i find that amazing really good job

[@yb32]

sophia was my favorite character in the movie. I can't get her scenes out of my head.

[@drstrange9438]

Sofia is a once in a lifetime beauty. Very rare that you see a woman so classically beautiful and sexy.

[@jazzupthattriad1257]

C'est dû à l'héritage Nord-Africain de Sofia. Merveilleuse...

[@erickaranda4856]

True s true she is a life time beauty no one can copy her in any thing becouse she is pure

[@malonekarl]

Climax..another Gaspar Noe insanity...a brilliantly deranged movie! Cast ,plot,cinematography,choreography seems amazing! sofia you also simply rock! two thumbs up! Well done!

[@MrPeatmoss]

great interview thanks Climax best opening scene for a long time wonderful

[@jdb7752]

THE BEST FILM IV EVER SEEN IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY

[@Lucyintheskywithdiamonds140]

Her acting in this movie was INCREDIBLE! Really really well performance

[@VenusEvan_1885]

His acting it's a man

[@Lucyintheskywithdiamonds140]

@@VenusEvan_1885 It doesn’t matter. But honoustly. I to wondered about it. But there are no reliable sources confirming this. In this time and age, there would be if it was true. In a nutshell, why bother? After all, it's the performance that really matters, isn't it? Your responds makes me wonder…what is that upsetting to you?

[@mnml7396]

@@Lucyintheskywithdiamonds140 source is he made it up

[@SixtySecondYoga]

LSD is amazing, and so is Sofia 💕

[@dudlEEk]

hahah, yeah, agreed.

[@SamFashion]

“Tv shows give me anxiety” - Sofia, who was in Climax. Also, if filming Climax did break her psyche, this interviewers emotionless stare while she answers questions surely will.

[@kountrklchr205]

Selva actually means jungle, not forest.

[@WestonEvans]

mato fdez thanks that’s very good to know. I bet there are 1000 Easter eggs to find in this film.

[@knorieworiebobsnor]

Silva does mean forest tho

[@byalessandro7260]

@@knorieworiebobsnor no

[@GerBessa]

@@byalessandro7260 yes

[@davidecolelli8275]

Selva means forest,im italian

[@janskia]

Just saw this. It was, again, great by Gaspar. I need to see it again soon. Not as good as "Void" was, but way better than "Love". I had never heard of a horror musical (Rocky Horror Picture Show doesn't count), but now I've seen one. I don't want to drink sangria anytime soon. BTW, wasn't there a joke in Family Guy once about a guy that never shuts up about how good Breaking Bad and The Wire was? He's that guy.

[@xElectricDeM0Nx]

horror musical? what about sweeney todd

[@medotata5356]

@Jerom True. Void seemed like it would never end.

[@wilfordgrimley4339]

It's not a musical though...

[@SaschaStuttgart]

Sorry, but you cant compare this films

[@buried4430]

Check out Suspiria (original and remake)

[@FabioPereiraS]

Great interview. Thanks.

[@jscott4reel]

Love Sofia in everything I've seen her in. Frosty's a bit of a gourmand when it comes to high profile interviews, huh? Share the wealth with your colleagues

[@timipapp]

She's so wonderful ❤️ and has more interesting to say than the rest of Hollywood

[@jerryb.2611]

Thank you for this. After watching the film without any knowledge of it before hand left me so curious as to what the movie was about and how it was created and this gave me a lot of in site.

[@TheLuvecerviere]

I really wish to see Sofia and Gaspar again working together.

[@celebrityrog]

Loved and was horrified by the movie. The dancing was AMAZING and really detailed. Loved that.

[@sourcherry23]

She was fantastic in this film.

[@leonkane8570]

Sofia is the rea deal, love her

[@erickaranda4856]

True thing L

[@carloandresl]

Great interview!

[@stephanodigiorgio1090]

17:38 I FEEL U GURRLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alexhein1738]

15 days of shooting!! Oof that’s really rushed. But he still made the movie look great!

[@d11j09l92]

Sofia is a superb actress and her father is a stellar musician.

[@babyblu5590]

Very down to earth. Exotic beauty! Much success to her!

[@ImaDayGo88666]

AAAHHMANETT!!! This badass gal is1 of my 3 favorite female celebs. Art/music/movies run in the family ,but thers jus something so diverse in her. Shes all tounges, races, creeds. Why am I in love with this celeb? I'm not that's just wierd.. Shes just awesome.. some say shes ugly!!??? who cares what they say, shes beautiful enough for the whole world

[@MirrorDomains]

She's so awesome!

[@giovannibertoia8027]

she is so charming

[@Ahov]

Amazing film!

[@nicholethomas1382]

LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!

[@Mr-ye1vu]

LSD is pretty awesome.

[@bhushanw78]

She said "Exorcist"! 💗💗💗

[@victorgonza4528]

I DONT REALLY CARE MUCH ABOUT THE COLLIDER , LOVE THIS WOMAN THOU

[@rovemonteux]

Why you not using an overhead microphone? Or clippable small microphones? Really weird both holding big microphones.

[@johnt84]

Love her 😍 she was great in Climax.

[@thanasisv190]

She's so hot imo.

[@darkshadow722]

Bruce Wayne ohh love

[@carsonworb]

cool?

[@petesmith9475]

I don't see any comment section argument about that.

[@buried4430]

That's not an opinion, it's a fact

[@shorouqtahraoui]

Damn yall like algerians

[@uzeirmustafa2392]

she's just so amazing 😍😍😍

[@JenjenAliceCooper]

So In Love with Sofia !!!!! Wow

[@kikidee3204]

Gasper noe is a one off we are lucky to have him

[@pandabearmadness6263]

She is amazing dancer

[@soulsynthesiscreations]

Amazing performance

[@alexanderfriel7160]

an algerian-french hot beauty

[@chihabkonan5285]

Just Algerian...she lived in France but she is only Algerian

[@MapokONE]

@@chihabkonan5285 nope u're wrong she's also french

[@islamswife3315]

Pure algerian ! Her father is Algerian

[@alexanderfriel7160]

@@islamswife3315 yeah right but in the movies tiger raid and star trek beyond was such fearless and hot

[@islamswife3315]

Indeed 👍

[@cherry-ob7xs]

OH MY GOD. THE FOREST

[@xXKentaRaptorXx]

Mad respect.

[@migyverman]

What's the name of that Aerosmith song?

[@LAZISH]

Inspirational woman!!!!! Wonder woman!!!!!

[@evangrossman4368]

If I was in climax I would call poison control and 911

[@buried4430]

This movie takes place in the 90’s though.

[@frankiecruz8699]

Wasnt sofia a back up dancer for madonna ? Somebody research for me?

[@Veerrisk7]

Yeah She was Madonna s backup dancer . Sticky and sweet tour 2009 and Confessions Tour 2005

[@neilvarma]

Tiffany Smith changed her hair! !😉..

[@PanGrotto]

She's way better looking than Tiffany let's be honest here.

[@neilvarma]

Maxblind20 no way

[@roccoantoniosanza6376]

extraordinary actress and beautiful woman

[@marykatemeunier1554]

best movie ever

[@perplexedmoth]

I love her, she can talk to me all day and night long.

[@Metrawolf]

"Tripping balls." Yeah, I can't think of a better summary - other than, "they get _FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUCKED UUUUUUP."_

[@gyo1527]

No one realise that she said " I really want to do breaking bad " :D :D

[@nunyabusiness6450]

I do be simping for her tho 😌

[@alyssamattocks6146]

Omg i love her.

[@lizimoakalizmo]

that’s gazelle from kingsman 🫶🏼

[@trishscott1534]

Sofia was steady dating Chris Pine, for awhile.

[@deprim]

"They were perfectly fine". LOL Also: interviews with actors.

[@chasam1234]

Flavour of the month

[@hahakikiko]

She looks like Korean soccer player Kim Byeong-ji

[@ericjourdain892]

Aaaaand in the first minute Sofia Boutella is a best interviewer than the interviewer... The level of these persons is just pathetic.Also Also, stop saying "journey". Also, those flowers are obnoxious. Also, this woman is fearless and I respect her immensely.

[@JaiProdz]

Hawkgirl, or Zatanna!

[@travisspazz1624]

God, Climax was so messed up!!

[@nf5011]

Travis Spazz Yeah, was a fucking nightmare. I loved it.

[@travisspazz1624]

@@nf5011 Gaspar Noe might be a sadist, but he might also be a genius!

[@moinkhan3744]

Never saw irreversible I see

[@nopizzawithoutpineapple]

@@moinkhan3744 oh god that fucking movie ^^

[@tonyhallum4151]

They def seemed to be high on flacca..not lsd

[@wilfordgrimley4339]

If you knew anything about lsd youd know how wrong you are. But alas everyone seems to think because theyve done and seen others on it they know about it. You dont know shit

[@ItzLik3That]

@@wilfordgrimley4339 I've done shitloads of lsd I mean yeah it goes differently for everyone but obviously it was a bit exaggerated for films purpose

[@wilfordgrimley4339]

@@ItzLik3That again you clearly havent studied how lsd actually works.

[@anitaarpadarehi7673]

Isn't she like natalie portman?

[@misophoniq]

Sofia is so amazing... but I really don't like her new "blonde" look. What did she do to her beautiful deep black hair?

[@mickwilla1490]

L'influence ,influence !:

[@princessealgerienneprinces9915]

The best

[@paulo-jw9cd]

Gaspard Ulliel???? bro

[@maxm.1974]

Teen voice, teen face, teen body... What a sweet lamb for mature lesbian women like Lorraine Broughton...😂😂😂 What a temptation!🍓😂😂😂🍑

[@marionpanzer5641]

Lay down

[@prodbysylle2908]

Oh my god, I’m a teenager and I’m OBSESSED with Requiem for a Dream. I thought I was the only one

[@108noonoo]

I love gasper noe but climax wasn't as good as everyone says it is. I didn't care about any of the characters really because of the lack of any character development. The dancing was great near the beginning but they they do another dance that takes ages and gets extremely tedious. The film had good moments and when they first start tripping and during the trip is fantastic seeing the characters mutate but overall the film lacked focus in my opinion compared to his other films. But maybe the great thing about Gasper is that all of his films have flaws he is not a perfect filmmaker but his style is unique and different which is just as good.

[@Psyteth]

Well, the entire movie was improv, except for one line said at the beginning of the film.

[@orquito7710]

thats your opinion

[@eminatasever119]

10:00

[@بودقيقمريم]

بنت بلادي الجزائر خمس في عين الحساد

[@farsean4085]

Damnn she's hot !

[@516throwapot]

DONT CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS THATS A MAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@WhiteWolf1980]

You strike me as a very opinionated person, that wears your intelligence on the sleeve of a tank top. How many times are you going to comment on something you're completely ignorant about?

[@buried4430]

You’ve never been close to a woman, have you?

[@erickaranda4856]

That white bold chiken nuget is very rude to, sofia baoutella 😍

[@hocdahl3794]

🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

[@squatch545]

Those eyebrows...

[@ien2023]

The movie is mess up. It's an art house movie whixh means you either gonna hate it or love it. I didn't like it not because I don't like drug raver like movie. It was just a lot of screaming.

[@mattgreek1066]

You should stick to Disney, this wasn’t for you.

[@ien2023]

@@mattgreek1066 I like happy raver movie with a tad of bad trippin and not bad trippin galore.

[@mattgreek1066]

@@ien2023 wrong movie for you then, as I said.

[@IRVINGPALESTINA]

Ridículo

[@infinitewonder9858]

Super disappointed to hear she’s never eaten LSD, in a movie where they are all high. Talking about doing research for the film, watching people high on Flaka? That just downright disrespectful!

[@talyals]

Infanite Wonder did u even watch the movie ???

[@SixtySecondYoga]

If you’d used LSD you’d know you don’t eat it

[@Bec_loves_Jesus]

Ugh! Gtf outta here people are so damn sensitive over NOTHING.

[@wilfordgrimley4339]

@@SixtySecondYoga you eat it if the lsd has been placed onto a tablet or a sweet tart or perhaps a sugar cube? You eat those things bub.

[@jayfranchise845]

My life was turned upside down from a psychological psychosis from accidentally dosing the wrong separated dosages of 2cb lsd combination. 2001 My reality has been perceived in the 3rd person for a good 8 years before treatment began to rewire my neuro-perceptive synapses. My prefrontal cortex experienced extreme sensory overload causing my adrenal functions to permanently yadadada. Anyway. Watching this movie not knowing anything about it prior to randomly choosing something to watch on my day off. And I seemed to degress or something because I’m still feeling the heightened tension of slight horror and it’s been 53 hrs now. So bravo about as accurate description you could provide with out actually experiencing a situation that parallel in real time.

[@maxm.1974]

Such a sweet, tender and innocent girl in such a disgusting stupid movie... Brrr....