On a promotional tour for his new film, My wife’s storywhich will be released in theaters next Wednesday, Léa Seydoux gave a new interview Sunday newspaper of this March 13, 2022. An interview during which the actress returned to the tragic death of her friend Gaspard Ulliel, which occurred last January, following a terrible skiing accident.
After playing together in the movies Saint Laurent (2014) and Just the end of the world (2016), Léa Seydoux and Gaspard Ulliel were to meet on the set of the film The beast, under the leadership of Bertrand Bonello. Project that will unfortunately be done without the actor…”I was supposed to do Bertrand Bonello’s next film, but I don’t know when we’ll be able to shoot, because we have to replace Gaspard first.“, explained Léa Seydoux, with our colleagues.
Beyond a partner, Gaspard Ulliel was a close friend of the actress: “He was part of my movie family. Our paths are parallel. The 36-year-old star recalled that they “were almost the same age”, that they have known each other since their 20s and that they had “had a child almost at the same time. “We should have grown old together…“ Léa Seydoux was pregnant with her son George (whom she shares with her companion André Meyer) when they were promoting together Just the end of the world (see slideshow). For his part, Gaspard Ulliel was also the father of a little boy, Orso, born in 2016 from his relationship with Gaëlle Pietri.
Admiring the “Grace“of the late comedian, the star adds that she loved”his intelligent way, not at all narcissistic, of talking about the profession”: “And he had this way of floating, of being there without being there, in which I recognized myself. During the funeral of Gaspard Ulliel, organized in Paris on January 27, Léa Seydoux and many film comrades had gathered for a final farewell. The image of little Orso, facing his dad’s coffin, had not failed to upset the public… On February 25, it was with great emotion, in tears, that Léa Seydoux attended the tribute paid to his friend by Xavier Dolan. “His death was an incredible shock, I still can’t believe it“she concludes.