Guillaume Canet is on all fronts! In February 2023, the companion of Marion Cotillard unveiled his latest film “Asterix and Obelix: the middle empire”. With a budget of 65 million euros, the happy father of two children wanted to do things big. In addition to the script, the director also offered himself a dream cast: Gilles Lelouches, Angèle, Vincent Cassel, Jonathan Cohen took pleasure in filming alongside him.
Same story for Marion Cotillard, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, José Garcia, Laura Felpin or Philippe Katerine to name a few. An overproduction that has caused a lot of ink to flow. “I encourage people, before they criticize, to see the film first, to see the work that has been done first, and then to criticize whatever they want. It’s always dangerous. to speak too soon because one can be mistaken”, defended Guillaume Canet last January on the set of “BFMTV”.
And to emphasize: “If we want us to be able to continue doing this job, and as best as possible, we need a little bit of indulgence and curiosity.” Unfortunately for Guillaume Canet nearly a month after the theatrical release of his work, the bar of seven million subscribers has not been exceeded. “When working on ‘Asterix’, hopes are always high, but comparisons are dangerous.” analyzed Ardavan Safaee, the president of “Pathé film”, the main funder of the project – to “Echos”. “Covid having reshuffled the cards on the ability of films to make entries”.
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Guillaume Canet appears unrecognizable
The latest news, Guillaume Canet is preparing to surprise his admirers… According to information from our colleagues from “Allo Ciné” revealed this Wednesday, May 3, 2023, the main interested party plays one of the main roles of the “Deluge”, film by Gianluca Jodice, which transcribes the last moments of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoine. Thus, Mélanie Laurent had the chance to give him the reply. Indeed, the actress lent her features to the Archduchess of Austria. A film project eagerly awaited by their fans.
According to the site Cineeuropa, the filming – which took place between Turin and Paris – would have ended a few days ago, after six weeks of shooting. On the Web, rare images of the feature film have had the merit of intrigued Internet users! Unrecognizable, Guillaume Canet appears with a puffy face thanks to prostheses… As a bonus to his impressive layer of make-up. The proof !
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It’s a wrap on Le Déluge, the new film by Gianluca Jodice, which focuses on the last days of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette before their execution. #Frenchcinema#EuropeanfilmDetails here: https://t.co/4qNTKSKRcE
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