Juliette Binoche on playing Coco Chanel: ‘We all contain a little vice as well as virtue’

“The thing about playing such an intimate role with an ex-lover is I did not think he would be able to do it,” declares Juliette Binoche, within minutes of us sitting down to discuss her latest film, a delectable French foodie drama co-starring her former partner Benoît Magimel. “Of course,” – she raises an eyebrow – “it was never going to be a problem for me.”