French President Emmanuel Macron's enthusiasm for acting dates back to his school days - and next week he will appear in a Cannes Film Festival movie. The documentary explores how France has changed since the Paris student uprising. Mr Macron gives his views on the role of religion in society. But perhaps what audiences will remember most is the comedy of Mr Macron's surprise appearance.
Describing the scene, the French edition of Vanity Fair says the camera pulls away to show Mr Macron in a suit, arms folded, watching the back-and-forth between the pair, like a spectator following a tennis match.
Mr Goupil is queasy about doing the interview at the palace, saying it will put President Macron on a pedestal, whereas Mr Cohn-Bendit insists it will show the president to be "like any other Frenchman".
The president then butts in, telling Mr Cohn-Bendit: "No, what you could do is meet him in a cafe. That wouldn't be daft. It is the first time a sitting French president has starred in a movie, Vanity Fair reports. Mr Macron's wife, Brigitte, was his drama teacher at secondary school.
She was married at the time, and later described being "totally overcome" by his intelligence when he was She is 24 years his senior. The scene was filmed in a Frankfurt cafe last October. French media report that Mr Macron's dialogue with the pair was completely improvised and shot in one take. Paris was the epicentre of the student protests that challenged the rule of President Charles de Gaulle.
