Women's Wear Daily: 'Cheri' Amour - Michelle Pfeiffer Discusses Her Latest Role

By Nick Axelrod
Women's Wear Daily
Excerpt
June 16, 2009

Even in the new film "Cheri," Michelle Pfeiffer still looks more movie star glam than the over-the-hill French prostitute she plays. But that doesn't mean the actress is immune to everyday insecurities. "When I read the script, I said to myself, 'OK, well, you're turning 50 this year and you're really heading into the eye of the storm with this one,'" Pfeiffer says. "Then I was working too hard to really think about what was happening. [My birthday] kind of came and went and it wasn't a big deal. Honestly, it was a huge relief when it was over because you realize nothing changes."

Not so, however, for Léa de Lonval, Pfeiffer's character in the Belle Epoque-era film, which hits theaters June 26. De Lonval is a once-renowned Parisian courtesan, who, face-to-face with her own diminishing social value, fleeting beauty and inevitable loneliness, embarks on an affair with Chéri (Rupert Friend), the listless son of a fellow courtesan and 30 years her junior...

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