Lucas Bravo & Lesley Manville Interview: Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
Anthony Fabian's Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, arriving in theaters on July 15, is a delightful story about a woman who hides her pain to make the world a brighter and better place. After years of waiting for her husband to return home from war only to learn that he passed long ago, Ada (played by the iconic Lesley Manville) finds comfort in fashion — specifically a gorgeous Christian Dior dress that inspires her to make the trip of a lifetime.
In Paris, Ada meets a variety of employees who work for the House of Dior, which back in the 1950s was only in its adolescence and still so exclusive that clients had to visit a specific location to receive an outfit. One of the friendlier faces there is André Fauvel (Lucas Bravo, Emily in Paris) an accountant who lends her a helping hand while hiding his own feelings for the beautiful model Natasha (Alba Baptista).
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Screen Rant spoke to Manville and Bravo about the incredible dresses that were on display throughout Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, and how their characters' journeys parallel each other.
Screen Rant: Lesley, what is it like to collaborate with the house of Dior? How much say did you get in the dresses, and do you love them as much as Ada does?
Lesley Manville: Oh, of course. I love them. They're absolutely beautiful. Listen, this department was very much down to our triple Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan and her collaboration with Dior.
But the dresses are pretty much all copies of dresses that were very much part of that new look in the 50s. They're accurate, they're creative, and they're all spot on. I think there were one or two of them that the House of Dior actually lent us
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