Woody Allen has taken a break from directing to return to acting. The 75-year-old filmmaker filmed a scene on April 2 for the upcoming movie ‘Paris Manhattan’ in front of the Plaza Athenee hotel on Avenue Montaigne in the city of lights, collider.com is reporting.

Allen plays himself in ‘Paris Manhattan,’ his first acting role since he starred in his own movie ‘Scoop’ in 2006. ‘Paris Manhattan’ is a romantic comedy, and is the first movie to be helmed by French director Sophie Lellouche. It follows a young pharmacist, played by Alice Taglioni, who is obsessed with Allen. Her family hopes another man, played by Patrick Bruel, will get her mind off of Allen, but she refuses his advances.

The scene Allen filmed is reportedly where the pharmacist finally meets him. The scene comes after it was announced that his next movie, ‘Midnight in Paris,’ will open the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Written by: Karen Benardello

Woody Allen
Woody Allen

By Karen Benardello

As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies & Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.

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