Trivia / Gainsbourg

• Starring a Star as a Star: The well-established model and actress Laetitia Casta as Brigitte Bardot.
• What Could Have Been: The movie was originally conceived to have Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter Serge Gainsbourg had with Jane Birkin, play him (it would have followed upon Cate Blanchett's acclaimed performance as a persona of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There - which also starred Charlotte -, and wouldn't have been out of place in the fairy-tale atmosphere of the film). But six months into preproduction, Charlotte found the idea "too painful" and withdrew.

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