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Jeremy Strong Says Serving on Cannes Jury Was ‘Like “Conclave” With Champagne’ and Celebrates Palme d’Or Winner ‘It Was Just an Accident’: It ‘Changed Me’
Jeremy Strong compared his last 11 days on the Cannes competition jury to being part of a papal conclave -- but with champagne.
“I feel immeasurably inspired by what I’ve seen here,” Strong said during a press conference after the jury awarded Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” with the Palme d’Or. Strong served under president Juliette Binoche along with Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sansoo, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas. Strong chimed in to say that the jury “wanted to recognize films that we felt were transcendent intrinsically as pieces of work,” aligning with how Robert De Niro kicked off the festival during its opening ceremony by saying that “fascists should fear art.” Speaking about “It Was Just an Accident” and the other films awarded, Strong quoted the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
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