her character. It's not a question of direction. It's a question of trust...If we understand each other, then during the shooting I'll get what I'm expecting, or in the case of Irène, I'll get more, because simply, she gives more."
Jacob was offered the female lead in Indecent Proposal, but she turned it down. "I refused," she explains, "because, for one thing, I spoke very poor English then, but also because this film went against everything I look for in cinema." Of course, Demi Moore ended up taking the role.
For Oliver Parker's Othello, Jacob had only four weeks notice to prepare for the part. She spent the month practicing tongue-twisters in English to slow down her rapid French speech. After working with her, Parker commented, "She has an almost old-fashioned decency about her.
