Guest of TF1’s 8 p.m. this Sunday, May 10, the American actress expressed her deep attachment to France and its art of living, a memory inherited from her adolescence on the Cote d’Azur.
Between Sigourney Weaver and France, the story has lasted for more than sixty years. Guest on the set of 8 p.m. TF1 this Sunday, May 10, on the occasion of the release of the film The Mandalorian and Groguthe American actress surprised viewers by speaking in almost perfect French. Facing Anne-Claire Coudray, she did not hide her admiration for France: “It’s so great to be French,” she declared.
An attachment that finds its roots in his adolescence. At the age of 11, Sigourney Weaver’s family moved to Beaulieu-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, for two years. There she discovered French culture for the first time. “I was amazed by France: the people, the market, the food, the life, the beauty,” she remembers. An art of living which had a profound impact on her and which she has never forgotten. “I love the idea that the French are aware that it is so important to protect what they love most: cinema, fashion, gastronomy. You teach it in schools,” declared the interpreter of Ellen Ripley in Alien.
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An unbreakable bond
Very sensitive to the links that unite France and the United States, the septuagenarian also spoke of the current political context, marked by tensions with Iran. “We have a lot to do to make America fairer again,” she says. It’s an immense challenge, but the idea of having the support of the French, of your democracy and your way of living… I believe that it would really be a valuable help for the Americans.” Already, in December 2025, in full promotion of the last part of Avatar, she had “presented (his) apologies” on behalf of all Americans.
