Lucy Liu Shines at Cannes with "The Pirate Queen: No Safe Waters"
The Hollywood Reporter
Famous actress Lucy Liu attended the Cannes Film Festival to support the project "The Pirate Queen: No Safe Waters." Liu produced this "cinematic experience" alongside Eloise Singer and also serves as the narrator of the film. The film will premiere as part of the festival's Interactive Competition.
Liu mentioned that her first experience at Cannes was with "Kung Fu Panda" and she recalls the emotions from that time. She expressed that the festival's intensity in artistic expression had a profound impact on her, emphasizing that hearing different languages and meeting people from various backgrounds creates a strong bond through the love of storytelling.
Describing her return to Cannes this year as very different from her first experience, Liu noted that the iPhone had just been introduced back then and that film and media experiences were not like they are today. She stated that the addition of the interactive competition made her participation this year more meaningful.
Liu expressed that the project "The Pirate Queen: No Safe Waters" is a significant source of passion for her, explaining that the story tells how a woman existing outside traditional power structures changes the course of history with her intelligence and resilience. She added that she believes delivering this legacy to audiences in an interactive format is the best way to tell the story.