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Jeremy Strong Says Cannes Jury Was Like ‘Conclave’ — But ‘With Champagne’


Jeremy Strong shared his unique experience on the 2025 Cannes Film Festival jury, describing it as 'Conclave with champagne'

(Actors Halle Berry and Alba Rohrwacher; directors Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sang-soo, Payal Kapadia and Carlos Reygadas and writer Leïla Slimani were also members of the jury.) The actor, 46, elaborated on his process while discussing his role as Roy Cohn in The Apprentice film, telling Deadline on Tuesday, January 7, “When I look at the kind of transformational work based on historical characters that […] Strong, for his part, noted that the jury “wanted to recognize films that we felt were transcendent intrinsically as pieces of work.” The Succession star went on to quote playwright Henrik Ibsen.

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