Soderbergh backs Sasha Grey

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph for the UK release of The Girlfriend Experience, Steven Soderbergh defended his movie as well as the performance of actress Sasha Grey.

Small budget, tiny revenues and critical reviews. Despite the brilliant marketing move operated by Steven Soderbergh with the casting of pornstar Sasha Grey, his movie The Girlfriend Experience hasn’t been greeted with tremendous success around the globe. Before the theatrical release in the UK, the American director defended his project.

Not a profitable movie

“Actually, I’m really proud of it,” explains Steven Soderbergh. “Structurally, it’s like my film The Limey. It is very non-linear.” Both movies also share another common point since neither of them has been profitable. The Girlfriend Experience has thus grossed less than a million dollars worldwide but is financed by the profits made by the director’s other movies, such as The Informant which was also released this year.

If he doesn’t have any regrets about his piece, he has even less about his casting. “Using Sasha was definitely correct says the director who rose to fame with the Palme d’Or in 1989 for his first movie Sex, Lies and Videotape. “She’s not flaunting anything, but she has a comfort level with sexuality that you just can’t fake.” An opinion which is going the same way as the audience’s since the pornstar’s performance was globally well appreciated despite mediocre reviews for the movie.

By Thomas Musat for Hotvideo.fr
November 2, 2009