Charlotte Gainsbourg faces 'terror' of first tour
Charlotte Gainsbourg is a gifted actress, with more than 30 movies to her credit, including last year’s “Antichrist,” for which she was honored as best actress at the Cannes Film Festival. The 38-year-old daughter of the late French pop maestro Serge Gainsbourg and actress Jane Birkin, she is also an alluring pop singer who has collaborated with Beck, Air and Nigel Godrich.
With a resume like that, Gainsbourg should be brimming with confidence. But nothing could be further from the truth as she contemplates her first tour, which brings her to the Park West on Wednesday.
“I’m terrified,” she says. “I’m quite excited too, but I’ve been nervous about this for so many years thinking I wouldn’t be able to do it. On the previous album, I was attracted to the idea of doing a tour, but I coiled and recoiled and didn’t go through with it. This time, Beck put together a band of such great musicians that it made it impossible for me to say no.”
With a resume like that, Gainsbourg should be brimming with confidence. But nothing could be further from the truth as she contemplates her first tour, which brings her to the Park West on Wednesday.
“I’m terrified,” she says. “I’m quite excited too, but I’ve been nervous about this for so many years thinking I wouldn’t be able to do it. On the previous album, I was attracted to the idea of doing a tour, but I coiled and recoiled and didn’t go through with it. This time, Beck put together a band of such great musicians that it made it impossible for me to say no.”
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