Anny Duperey has never had her tongue out of her pocket. And if many of Gérard Depardieu’s sisters and brothers who knew and worked with him on the sets decided to show him support and friendship, like Carole Bouquet, Pierre Richard and Clémentine Célarié, others prefer to stay in the background . This is particularly the case of Anny Duperey. The iconic actress of the series A wonderful family knew the actor well who faces heavy accusations of sexual assault and rapeand who has been indicted since 2020. She co-starred in two films alongside him: Stavisky in 1974 alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo, then Freinds nine years later alongside Pierre Richard and Michel Aumont.
Forty years have passed, and Anny Duperey has no desire to defend the actor. In an interview given to the Belgian media Ciné-Télé-Revuethe 76-year-old actress, faithful to his legendary outspokennessdoes not mince her words with regard to her colleague, whom she does not hesitate to insult: “Depardieu is completely crazy” started the actressbefore however putting an end to the journalist’s questions, not wishing to speak about a person “that it’s not worth talking about for hours”. And to continue: “When I performed a play by Bertrand Blier, I reacted to Depardieu’s comments, I don’t remember which ones, by saying: Depardieu should shut his big mouth ! He was still deified at the time. What did I dare to say! I had attacked our god of cinema. But why do you hate him ? Blier, who knows him well, declared: Anny says what we’re all thinking, including her best friends.”
“When you play with a headset because you don’t want to learn your words…”
Indeed, in September 2010, in full promotion of the piece Sorry about the carpet in which she played the title role, Anny Duperey created controversy by vehemently attacking Gérard Depardieu on the set of Big Mouths from RMC: “From a certain stage of notoriety or inebriation, it becomes nonsense. He was a wonderful actor, but he needs to shut the fuck up. When we play in the theater with a headset because we don’t have the courage to learn our lines, it annoys me“ had shot the actress, who added more by indicating that Gérard Depardieu “(felt) anything was allowed”, “above (everyone)” And “that he (loved) to spit in the soup”. Thirteen years later, Anny Duperey’s words have a completely different significance…