Cinema, a family affair for Thierry godard. In Without you, first achievement of his wife Sophie Guillemin, he gives the answer … to their children! In the columns of the magazine TV 7 Days, the 54-year-old actor and his wife, also an actress, ten years younger, engage in this new experience of filming.
For the very first time, Thierry Godard plays the comedy while behind the camera stands the one who has shared his life for more than three years now. “Not only is it run by his wife, but also our children play in the film, laughs Sophie Guillemin. The worst part is that we were supposed to be on vacation when I decided to start filming, in our country house in Sweden. At the time, Thierry had just finished Gears, he would surely have preferred to rest.“
And the least we can say is that the shooting of Without you was the occasion for the couple to discover themselves a little more in the intimate. “I would wake up in the morning saying to myself: ‘Here, the lake is frozen. It would be amazing if you walked on it naked for a scene‘“, remembers the actress and director. For his part, Thierry Godard is amused by this revelation, and in turn makes one:”I thus discovered the fantasies of my wife! I couldn’t say no to her, I was too afraid that she would leave me ! (laughs)“
Between them, it is mad love. “Sophie is a great person. She knows me by heart, she knows when I cheat and when I don’t“, continues the actor who had to face the death of his ex-partner, the actress and theater teacher Blanche Veisberg in 2017. So shoot Without you, which tells the story of a man who leaves everything to find the love of his life in Russia, was fluid for the couple. “The particularity of this film is that it was written as it was filmed. There was no scenario“, indicates Sophie Guillemin. An unforgettable family experience which has undoubtedly made it possible to strengthen ties!