Read on to learn more about Sofia Coppola’s stunning transformation.
“I was like an Army bratalways going to different schools in different towns,” Sofia toldW Magazine.
I have nice memories of the Philippines and its people," Sofia toldInquirer.net.
“It was such a warm culture and a beautiful place.
I’d love to go back.”
She also said she still remembers “Pambansang Awit,” the country’s national anthem.
The film was, of course, directed by Sofia’s father, Francis Ford Coppola.
Unfortunately, critics panned Sofia’s performance and the film itself.
“But it wasn’t my dream to be an actress, so I wasn’t crushed.
I had other interests.
It didn’t destroy me.”
When she was 15, Coppola landed a coveted internship in Paris with Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.
“Now, if I have an idea for them, I’ll send them a sketch.
In addition to inspiring one of the world’s most iconic fashion houses, Coppola began modeling.
“It started with Steven Meisel wanting to take my picture,” she explained to the magazine.
‘Cause when I was in high school, the pretty girls were blonde and perfect.”
Her foray into fashion also fostered some close friendships, namely with longtime pal and collaborator Marc Jacobs.
Coppola would go on to adapt the novel into her first feature film.
It also helped put Coppola on the map as a director in her own right.
“‘The Virgin Suicides’ made me a filmmaker,” Coppola shared withThe Guardian.
Aside from falling in love with the source material, Coppola was drawn to the project for personal reasons.
“… when I was 15, my eldest brother Gio died suddenly in a boating accident.
Coppola acknowledges that her father’s help was instrumental in making the movie.
“We have a family film company, American Zoetrope, so I really had my dad’s support …
Although he wasn’t there on set very much, he really mentored me,” she said.
But her father’s influence didn’t get in the way of infusing the film with her signature style.
The two were friends for years before dating and later getting engaged.
Coppola and Jonze divorced in 2003, months after her film “Lost in Translation” was released.
“He scolded me at my premiere, but he apologized …
It came out of him trying to be a good friend to Spike,” she toldVariety.
“I know people really like that movie, but I haven’t seen it.
I don’t know if I want to see Rooney Mara as me,” she told Variety.
The pair dated for two years and seem to have remained friendly since their split.
“This film enchanted us from its first screening,” Tarantino said (viaVulture).
The other members of the jury don’t know her at all.
They just loved the film” (via Vulture).
The source also reported that Tarantino was in the audience “geeking out” during the film.
The two women, aside from sharing a working relationship, have also developed a close friendship.
They even fixed my teeth on the poster," Dunst recalled in an interview withVariety.
“But I just knew I was never doing that.
Sofia is the chicest, coolest girl, and she thinks my teeth are great.”
Mars, who was born in Versailles, is the frontman of the French indie band Phoenix.
“I’m always asking working mothers questions,” Coppola toldPeoplein 2010.
“I’m trying to figure it all out because I feel like I’m just learning.”
But Coppola took the criticism in stride and explained her reasoning for featuring an all-white cast.
Moreover, I felt that to treat slavery as a side-plot would be insulting."
Mars is charming and funny and self-deprecating in the video, and viewers took an instant liking to her.
So, why hadn’t the world seen her before?
So it was the best way for her to be rebellious."
But people discussing my parenting publicly is not what I would’ve hoped for."
“I was devastated when that relationship didn’t work out.
She actuallywasan Army brat.”
Luckily, Presley was a fan of Coppola’s work and felt her story was in good hands.
Coppola’s fans appear to agree.
