{
  "id": 7397098,
  "title": "Léa Seydoux Says She Didn’t Want Her Body-Swap Role in ‘The Unknown’ to Be a ‘Performance’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/lea-seydoux-says-she-didnt-want-her-body-swap-role-in-the-unknown-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T20:18:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/lea-seydoux-the-unknown-tiff-interview/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Body-swap films present unique challenges, as Léa Seydoux discovered while filming \"The Unknown.\" The actress, speaking to TheWrap during a TIFF interview, noted that fully embodying her character was \"impossible,\" though she still aimed to avoid making it a \"performance.\" Seydoux played a man in a woman's body, alongside co-star Niels Schneider, as they navigated the complexities of the story. Schneider described the process as an \"experimentation, like a lab.\" Both actors emphasized their desire to create a genuine and embodied experience rather than a performative one.",
  "summary": "TIFF 2026: \"I just wanted it to be more incarnated and embodied in a way,\" the actress tells TheWrap The post Léa Seydoux Says She Didn’t Want Her Body-Swap Role in ‘The Unknown’ to Be a ‘Performance’ appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}