Bardot

They have both known tumult from early on, with Bardot first attempting suicide as a teenager.

Bardot has made clear in the past that she is not a member of the Front National even if she is politically on the French right.

“Maria was like a kitten,” recalled Warren Beatty, who was friends with Bardot.

Bardot eventually wrote me a handwritten two-and-a-half page response in endearingly large block letters.