"When I was in kindergarten, I was already trying to go out with the little girls. Go out with them, really. I asked them if I could buy them sodas. I remember that at the 99th district public school, my mother was called to say, "He always has the girls in mind, he only thinks of that!" "Woody Allen told Télérama in 1997.
It is that women have always occupied a very important place in the life of Woody Allen. Would not they be his main source of inspiration? His films, essentially turned around stories of women in full torment leave room for doubt. Among his muses are Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow, but also Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz, not to mention Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett ... and many more!
- Diane Keaton
Woody Allen's first muse, Diane Keaton met him in 1968 during the auditions of a play in New York. If their love story lasts only two years, Diane Keaton will play in many of her films. With Woody and the Robots in 1973, War and Love in 1975, Annie Hall in 1977, Interiors in 1978, Manhattan in 1979 and Radio Days in 1987.
- Mia Farrow
It was in the 80s that Mia Farrow and Woody Allen began their love story. A story that will last nearly twelve years. Twelve years in which Mia Farrow will also play an important role in Woody Allen's films. She was featured on Broadway Danny Rose in 1984, La Rose Purple in Cairo in 1985, Hannah and her Sisters in 1986 and Alice in 1990.
- Julia Roberts
In 1997, it was the turn of Julia Roberts to play the muses. In Everyone says I Love You , she plays the role Von Sidell. The film tells the story of a broken American family who find themselves punctually to celebrate traditional festivals, from Halloween to Thanksgiving. A comedy that will be named in 1997 at the Golden Globes and 1998 at the ceremony of the Caesar.
- Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz
Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson were chosen by Woody Allen in 2008 to perform the respective roles of Maria Elena and Cristina in the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The Flam will receive the Golden Globes for the best comedy, the Independent Spirit Awards for Best Screenplay, and Penelope Cruz will receive the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Best Actress BAFTA in a supporting role as well as the Independent Spirit Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
- Naomi Watts
In 2010 it is the turn of Naomi Watts to take the lead in one of Woody Allen's films. And this movie is none other than You will meet a beautiful and dark unknown . A dramatic comedy in which the actress plays the role of Sally alongside Antonio Banderas.
- Rachel McAdams
A year later, Rachel McAdams plays the role of Inez alongside Owen Wilson and Marion Cotillard in Midnight in Paris . The story is that of a young couple preparing their wedding and come to spend a few days in Paris. While Gil (Owen Wilson) is looking for inspiration for his latest book, he finds himself plunged into the Paris of the twenties.
- Ellen Page
In 2012, Woody Allen presents his latest film: To Rome With Love. A film with transverse stories mingling those of simple residents with those of tourists on vacation. Penelope Cruz, Anna, and the gentle Ellen Page, then 25 years old, are in the role of Monica, a pretty, slightly mythomaniac girl ...
- Cate Blanchett
The following year, Cate Blanchett is starring in the drama Blue Jasmine . She plays the role of Jasmine, a woman on the verge of the crisis of nerves and who sees his marriage shatter. She finds herself in San Fransisco, in the modest apartment of her sister Ginger and tries to resurface.
- Emma Stone
Two years later, the Irrational Man trhiller, in which Emma Stone is the female star. She plays the role of Jill, a student who cracks for his professor of philosophy. A love story that is mingled with that of a rencoboleque assassination project
