Diane Kruger Talks New 'Merteuil' Film with Madame Figaro FR April 25, 2025 AOC Fashion

When we left actor Diane Kruger in ELLE Spain’s June 2024 issue, David Cronenberg’s film ‘The Shrouds’ was set to debut in Cannes on June 20.

Today we find Kruger covering the April 25, 2025 issue of Madame Figaro [IG], where the actor has just finished filming the six episodes of ‘Merteuil’, by Jessica Palud, freely adapted from ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ [1988], which was adapted from ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ [1959], directed by Roger Vadim.

Kruger is styled by Barbara Baumel in images by Thiemo Sander [IG]. / Hair by John Nollet; makeup by Christophe Danchaud

Kruger as Madame de Rosemonde

Kruger plays Madame de Rosemonde, in the ‘Merteuil’ series, and here we share synchronicity. Just today I wrote about the ancient, global history of courtesans, inspired by a Louboutin Beauty campaign with Daphne Groeneveld.

Her character excels in the art of seduction, Kruger explains. “But she uses her beauty for the sole purpose of being the equal of men, or even their superior. She is a strategist and a manipulator determined not to be locked up in the shackles of the patriarchal society of the time.”

The film will be released in the second half of 2025 under the name ‘The Seduction’ everywhere except France.

Kruger and Reedus Have One Child

Now married to Norman Reedus, their daughter Nova Tennessee is a six-year-old. In a sweet share, the actor says “My daughter Nova loves to see and review the footage from the movie where we met, her dad and I.”

That movie was the 2015 film ‘Sky’, where Kruger reached out to Reedus about working with her on the film. They did not know each other. At the time Kruger was involved in a 10-year relationship with Joshua Jackson, which ended in 2016.

Reedus shares a son Mingus Lucien, born in 1999 with top model Helena Christensen. Read more updates on Kruger’s life in link top of post, or one of the three recent Diane Kruger AOC stories below.

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