Charlotte Gainsbourg reveals her “fantasy”: Yvan Attal “categorically” refuses

If Charlotte Gainsbourg did not agree to marry Yvan Attal, he also does not hesitate to refuse certain things to his sweetheart. The 52-year-old actress has a desire that she has dreamed of satisfying for a long time, but that her partner is not particularly keen to make real…

Charlotte Gainsbourg: this “fantasy” that Yvan Attal refuses her

The daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin has always been proud of his English roots. “As a child, I had a very happy relationship with England where we went to see my mother’s parents“, she confided in a recent interview with Madame Figaro. “There, the same, I liked playing French, whereas here, I like feeling a little foreign. Have an English side. Even though my sister Kate (Barry, editor’s note) possessed a much clearer English identity – both his parents did. My sister Lou (Doillon, editor’s note) also, because my mother spoke to him in English, whereas when I was born, she forced herself to speak French”, added the actress.

For a long time, Charlotte Gainsbourg has dreamed of becoming a true “British” and living in England. But this prospect hardly rejoices the one who has shared his life for more than thirty years, Yvan Attal! “I have the fantasy of going to live in London, but Yvan categorically rejects the idea. It’s perhaps a safeguard, I don’t know if I would like it… But this idea attracts me“, explained the mother of Ben, 26, Alice, 21, and Jo, 13.

Charlotte Gainsbourg: what she lacks in France

It must be said that life in France, under the spotlight, is not always easy for Charlotte Gainsbourg. The actress would have liked to benefit from more tranquility on a daily basis. “That’s why I loved living in New York for seven years, from 2013 to 2020, a place where no one knew me or my parents; I could do what I wanted… Anonymity is recreation“, she assured.

And to qualify, however: “I always have in mind this sentence that my father said to me when, as a teenager, I groaned whenever someone asked me for an autograph: ‘You don’t realize how much you’re going to suffer the day this no longer happens.‘”.

From now on, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal reside in a large Parisian apartment, located rue du Bac, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, which, according to Paris Matchwas also renovated by the architect Erwan Gayet… Julie Gayet’s brother!