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Sarah Jilani

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
485 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

I mean, you couldn't be prouder as an actor to be a part of something so unique and that has had such a lasting effect.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

And that at the end of the day is a cult movie.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

I mean, when people ask me, you know, does it bother you that they still sometimes call you, you know, the child from Pan's Labyrinth?

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

the little girl from Pan's Labyrinth, and that people still ask you about it and approach you about it.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

I'm like, are you kidding?

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

It's an honor.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

It's opened so many doors for me.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

Why would I turn my back on it?

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

I'm nothing but proud of it.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

It's March 2002, and Nathalie Amiel is about to play for France, knowing it will be her last season after a glittering career.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

Winning a Six Nations tournament is almost better than winning the European Cup against Italy.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

It's the holy grail, the top of the basket.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

It's the best you can do in European rugby.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

Nathalie grew up in the southern French countryside in the quiet village of Kapistan, where they were crazy about rugby.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

I live in a village where we live and breathe rugby, and we discuss rugby on a daily basis.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

Rugby is a big part of my village.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

In fact, on weekends, when the French national team lost, we would take out the football, never the rugby ball.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

That should tell you how people in the village feel.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

Rugby definitely wasn't seen as a sport for women though, but that changed for a young Natalie in 1982 when her mum saw an advert in the local newspaper.

The History Hour
Movie history: Seven Samurai and Casablanca

It was a newspaper article recruiting female players who wanted to try rugby in Narbonne that encouraged me to go into the sport.