Léa Seydoux recently broke her silence on her serious mental health issues, which she has been facing since she was 18.
The 40-year-old French actress films at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on May 18 gentleman master And unknown premiered, where he told Diversity He had experienced “severe panic attacks” in the past that felt very real to him while working. unknown.
Seydoux shared, “When I was 18, I had intense panic attacks. Even now, I still have intense panic attacks — and when I have a panic attack, it’s the dizziness of being yourself.”
She continued, “I remember having a panic attack: I looked at myself in the mirror and I thought, This is me. I am myself. What I see in the mirror is really me.”
dune The star admitted that he finds it difficult to connect with the films he has acted in while watching them.
Seydoux quipped, “When I watch a movie with myself, sometimes I’m like, ‘Is this really me? Do I really look like this person?'”
For those unaware, unknown She played Eva, “a woman with whom the film’s lead actor David (Niels Schneider) has a one-night stand. David then wakes up inside the woman’s body and immediately causes a crisis.”
The film, which will be released in French theaters on August 26, 2026, stars Niels Schneider, Victoire Du Bois, Lilith Grasmag, Shanti Massoud, Jonathan Turnbull and Valéry Draville.
Whereas gentle monster, In the drama film she played Lucy Weiss, “a pianist who has moved from the city to a rural home in hopes of alleviating her husband Philip’s severe irritation,” according to its official synopsis.
