I definitely spoke to professionals, and even when I wasn't, they were coming to me and contacting me. I also received for years letters of youngster… - Natacha Amal

I was already starring for quite a time in a high-rated series at the time: Commissaire Moulin, and I had heard of a sort of Cagney and Lacey kind of series and found the idea very appealing. It was as serious as Law and Order, one of my favorite series of all time.

We cannot mix this with blackmail in hiring, but I think there was something very subtle in the way the message can be distilled... We make you understand that we would prefer not to .

I knew right away I would have lots of fun playing a passionate, devoted district-attorney committed to fight for the good but dealing all along with family problems, ex-husband, personal life, love and much more... That was like playing two parts in one, as many people in real life, my character was definitely not the same in private than in her professional life.