FRIENDSHIP LASTS FOREVER

Almost three decades after The English Patient, Juliette Binoche opens up about being reunited with Ralph Fiennes in their new film - and how her confidence is growing with age

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Juliette Binoche might just be the coolest woman on the planet. Reclining in a private room at the exclusive Union Club in London's Soho, the Parisian mother of two looks effortlessly chic during a whirlwind 24-hour trip to support the release of her new film, The Return, in which she is reunited with Ralph Fiennes, her co-star in The English Patient.

It’s nearly three decades since they appeared together in the Academy Award-winning 1996 film — and Juliette, 61, couldn't be more pleased to be working with Ralph, 62, again, describing the experience as “joyful” and “special”.

“Being on a set, with the camera, is something very specific, very special,” she tells HELLO!. “It’s different from being in a restaurant and sharing some time together. He’s really involved, and I think in that way, we're very much the same.”

The pair, who also played lovers in 1992 film Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, this time star as husband and wife Odysseus and Penelope in a retelling of the final parts of Homer's Odyssey.