Five years into their relationship, the two actors were about to welcome their first child together. A chance to return to this clumsy stuttering love story that turned into an enduring romance.
He is full of praise for his “compassion” and his “joie de vivre”. She applauds the way he views her and women in general. Five years after their story began, 45-year-old Virginie Efira and 35-year-old Nils Schneider show an unwavering bond. The pair shared a long kiss as the actress won the César in the Best Actress category for her performance on the evening of February 24. See Paris again.
As it turns out, the two actors will also be getting ready to welcome their first child together Paris game a month later. the heroine of Benedetta (2021) would indeed be pregnant with her second child ten years after the birth of her daughter Ali from her past relationship with director Mabrouk El Mechry.
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“The whole team thought we hated each other”
Virginie Efira and Nils Schneider’s love story, however, had a gentle beginning. It all started in 2017, on the setImpossible love, by Catherine Corsini. At that time, the actor, “dazzled”, immediately fell in love with his co-star, but still did not dare to communicate with her. Intimidated, he is nevertheless convinced that he has found his partner. “I was sure we were going to make history,” she confided on I Love You, Etc. in January 2020.
Before adding. “At the same time, as soon as I was next to him, there was panic. We didn’t say a word to each other (…) The whole team thought we hated each other. However, he decides to “dive” to the delight of the actress. “The way he looks at me and the way he looks at women makes me extremely happy,” she confided Madame Figaroin March 2022. What excites him will never be stereotyped, always special.”
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Nils Schneider restores Virgin Ephyra’s sandal strap at the Cannes Film Festival. (May 24, 2019) Getty Images:
Their romance does not remain a secret for long. in January 2018 Here publishes stolen photos of two actors kissing on the street. The duo continues to keep a low profile. He barely allowed himself to appear in public at Cesar’s dinner in February 2019. Until they made their relationship official three months later, on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the film’s premiere. Sibyl, by Justin Triet, in which they both appear. An evening during which Mr. Nils Schneider re-laces his shoeless companion on the steps of the Festival Palace.
The already official couple no longer hesitates to announce their love in the media. “She has a mind that I consider fair, and at the same time she can be both tender and cruel and biting,” assures Nils Schneider about Virginia Efira in the columns. Marie Claire in September 2020. She is a woman like no other.” In turn, the primary stakeholder brings forth their “retreat from life” and their general “humor.” “And French-speaking, but coming from other places, Belgium and Quebec, we share this somewhat remote cultural uniqueness,” he analyzes. Paris gameIn July 2021.
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A story “that never withers”
Very soon the duo moved in together. “I was a little clinging to my desire for independence, I thought it was better to be on each other’s side, but every relationship is different, he continues then. We moved together a long time ago. A romance that the everyday can’t seem to pin down. “We are living a beautiful story that does not suffer from common everyday life, that does not fade away,” emphasizes Virgini Efira.. During the detention, the actress and her companion watch the films of director Ingmar Bergman again, and Nils Schneider “shows several episodes” to her companion.
“I also make films for him”
Nils Schneider and Virginia Efira attend the Namur International Film Festival. (September 29, 2018) Abaka
Everyday life, the harmony of which cannot be disturbed by any professional competition. “With shootings, special schedules, we have a somewhat special lifestyle, we go through the same periods of doubt, he stumbles. Paris game. Sometimes they ask me if it is difficult to share the life of an actor if we are not in competition. The impossible. There’s real love between us and our egos aren’t too inflated.”
Their job seems to be, on the contrary, to bring them closer. Virginie Efira says she appreciates the “candid perspective” her co-star has on her acting. “I also make films for him (…),” he elaborates. Because we love each other, we tell each other the truth, otherwise it wouldn’t make sense.” Before adding: “We share our experience, but we don’t wait for the permission of one or the other to start projects. And when we go to the set, each in our own way, we manage not to let too much time pass without seeing each other.
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“Big Lover”
Still, portraying a couple on screen is tricky, especially in sex scenes. “It’s quite strange to use one’s privacy in front of a camera,” says Virginie Efira. Female Version. Nils once told me very accurately. “Sex scenes, after all, often say more about the sexuality of the directors than the actors.” If our link helped to create direct complicity, then we must not forget that we serve the heroes.
In the city, as on screen, the duo make a tight couple. Virginie Efira is not going to marry her companion. “Actually, I’ve been married for a long time,” she announced on Les Rencontres du Papotin in early March, about her past union with producer Patrick Ridremont (from 2002 to 2009). I am 45 years old and I got married when I was 22, very young, in Belgium. And then, we broke up. Since then, for me, love doesn’t have to go with marriage.” Virginie Efira, however, says she is “a great lover.”
Source: Le Figaro
