Marilyn Castonguay is not one of the actresses who had already dreamed of embodying the princess in a fairy tale. “It’s more fun to play the witch!” She triggers laughter.
Therefore, with great enthusiasm was that the 40-year-old actress defended the main role My mother-in-law is a witchNew Family Film series Tales for everyoneWhich will take a poster a few days later, just to Halloween.
Marilyn Castonguay embodies a genie, a mysterious unknown that suddenly appears in the life of Margo (both Juliet of both), marginal to adolescence, after she, apparently, blushed her father (Pierre-Ivan). Refusing to see how her parents get divorced, Margo will do everything so that the genie was giving from his father.
Marilyn Castongguay says that she was instantly in love with Jeanne's character, a witch, like no other.
“This is a witch who should try to convey incognito, but at the same time she has a completely eccentric look that I love. It is always fun to play characters from the usual. But it was also important to find him a little of humanity so that it was attached in reality. ”
The actress considers herself lucky that she won the role in A fairy tale for everyone For the second year in a row, after the game with Antoine Bertrand and Margarita Lawrence in Miss BottinReviving classic Bach and Bottin Released last year.
“When you play in A fairy tale for everyoneYou are part of the story, and you are lucky that you can note several generations [de jeunes spectateurs]The field is such meetings! I just made two of them in a row, but I think I signed four! She adds laughter.
Surrealism and magic
Director Joel Dejardins Packkett (Rodeo) According to the script written by Christina Doyon and Domin James (Coconut farm, Miss Bottin), My mother-in-law is a witch Very freely inspires the story written by American author Martin Bartlett. Even if they acquired the rights of the text a few years ago, two authors took a lot of time before finding the right tone to tell this story, the initiation story that is engaged in integration and mixed families.
“We knew that we had a good concept in our hands. But the concept does not make the film, emphasizes Christine Doyon. We were surprised for a long time what we had in mind with this story. Finally, we made a film on how to take the difference and the importance of taking life elements that you do not control to find who you are. ”
Nothing, My mother-in-law is a witch 27En The film signed Productions La Fête and the third since Dominica James took on the producer of the late rock deers, restarting the tradition Tales for everyoneThe field is also one of the first cases when a successful franchise flirts with science fiction.
“A small fantastic commercial side, it is not often studied in Quebec,” said Dominic James. And it is difficult, honest. This requires a large budget and visual effects, and people have already seen everything. Therefore, we decided to make a film with surrealism and magic, but which remains anchored in real situations. And there is a hobby for this genre. The people who saw the film tell us: “My God, It's nice to see it in Quebec. ”
- My mother-in-law is a witch Take the poster on October 10.
