Sarah Jilani
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
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.
And that at the end of the day is a cult movie.
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 little girl from Pan's Labyrinth, and that people still ask you about it and approach you about it.
I'm like, are you kidding?
It's an honor.
It's opened so many doors for me.
Why would I turn my back on it?
I'm nothing but proud of it.
It's March 2002, and Nathalie Amiel is about to play for France, knowing it will be her last season after a glittering career.
Winning a Six Nations tournament is almost better than winning the European Cup against Italy.
It's the holy grail, the top of the basket.
It's the best you can do in European rugby.
Nathalie grew up in the southern French countryside in the quiet village of Kapistan, where they were crazy about rugby.
I live in a village where we live and breathe rugby, and we discuss rugby on a daily basis.
Rugby is a big part of my village.
In fact, on weekends, when the French national team lost, we would take out the football, never the rugby ball.
That should tell you how people in the village feel.
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.
It was a newspaper article recruiting female players who wanted to try rugby in Narbonne that encouraged me to go into the sport.