If you haven’t heard Nathalie Love’s name by now, you’ve probably seen her face. The daughter of fashion editor Lisa Love is not only an occasional model, but also a full-time actress; Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere and Gia Coppola’s Palo Alto are among her credits. Of course, Nathalie is also a friend of OC, having starred in OCTV’s Spa Heaven and our recent COS editorial.
The Los Angeles native (Los Feliz, to be exact) has returned to her home state after a brief stint in New York, holing up in Echo Park. While she might miss the constant stimulation of New York, “The lifestyle here is much easier and less anxiety inducing,” she says. “There is something about getting vitamin D every day and being able to go for a hike or drive to the ocean or the mountains. It’s a much easier place to figure out what you want.”
Just because there’s more sun, however, doesn’t mean there’s less work. The actress is hitting up New York next week for the premiere of Palo Alto, where Nathalie acted alongside James Franco and Emma Roberts under director/best friend Coppola.
Following that? “It’s in the very pre-stages but I might be doing a film in the summer with James Oakley (The Devil You Know), and I’ve been trying to read some plays and start working on a play,” Nathalie says. “When there’s not a lot of other stuff going on, I like to just keep the wheels turning.”
We chatted with Nathalie about her favorite complicated roles, her platinum-blonde alter ego, and why everyone should go skinny dipping.
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Jessica Chou: It seems like you’re drawn to complicated characters. What has been your most interesting project?
Nathalie Love: I did this film called Me. It was very meta; it was a movie about a reality show, so I had to play myself and then my idea of self on a reality show, like my heightened self. And on top of that my character was a pathological liar. So I had all these different story lines, all these different ideas, and it was all improvised. Stories that are inspiring to me usually involve loss or history; I would love to play a stripper, I would love to play a drug addict, people who have a wound and are expressing that wound. Those are characters that are intriguing to me.
When you’re approaching your roles, do you eve
The Los Angeles native (Los Feliz, to be exact) has returned to her home state after a brief stint in New York, holing up in Echo Park. While she might miss the constant stimulation of New York, “The lifestyle here is much easier and less anxiety inducing,” she says. “There is something about getting vitamin D every day and being able to go for a hike or drive to the ocean or the mountains. It’s a much easier place to figure out what you want.”
Just because there’s more sun, however, doesn’t mean there’s less work. The actress is hitting up New York next week for the premiere of Palo Alto, where Nathalie acted alongside James Franco and Emma Roberts under director/best friend Coppola.
Following that? “It’s in the very pre-stages but I might be doing a film in the summer with James Oakley (The Devil You Know), and I’ve been trying to read some plays and start working on a play,” Nathalie says. “When there’s not a lot of other stuff going on, I like to just keep the wheels turning.”
We chatted with Nathalie about her favorite complicated roles, her platinum-blonde alter ego, and why everyone should go skinny dipping.
View the COS at Opening Ceremony editorial HERE | Shop COS MEN'S and WOMEN'S
Jessica Chou: It seems like you’re drawn to complicated characters. What has been your most interesting project?
Nathalie Love: I did this film called Me. It was very meta; it was a movie about a reality show, so I had to play myself and then my idea of self on a reality show, like my heightened self. And on top of that my character was a pathological liar. So I had all these different story lines, all these different ideas, and it was all improvised. Stories that are inspiring to me usually involve loss or history; I would love to play a stripper, I would love to play a drug addict, people who have a wound and are expressing that wound. Those are characters that are intriguing to me.
When you’re approaching your roles, do you eve
