The world of cinema is a ruthless universe, each member knows it well. Movie superstar who blew up in Hatred more than a quarter of a century ago, Vincent Cassel did not spare one of his peers from hasty judgements. If today, the latter are far behind them and they are delighted to collaborate together, the actor mocked by the ex of Monica Bellucci remembers. This is Louis Garrel.
With the movie The Innocent, Louis Garrel jumped into comedy with both feet as an actor and director, he who was singled out in the past for never smiling. Those days are over for the son of filmmaker Philippe Garrel and actress, director and screenwriter Brigitte Sy – who inspired his latest film. It’s been since My king of Maïwenn that the public discovered this other facet of the artist. In The Obsthe husband of Laëtitia Casta remembers his first meeting with the star of the feature film, Vincent Cassel.
Louis Garrel does not hide that Vincent Cassel had a priori towards him and remembers it, amused: “Léa Seydoux, who had filmed Beauty and the Beast with him, told me that he was making fun of me between takes. He came to see her, imitating me: ‘I love you, I don’t love you anymore, I still love you…'” This could have upset the actor but he preferred to take it lightly and make fun of the image himself. ‘he sends back.”When we first met, we looked at each other and I told him : ‘I love you, I don’t love you anymore, I still love you…’ He immediately: ‘How do you know that !?’ And we got married.“
This is how Louis Garrel defused hypothetical tensions in the blink of an eye by using his humor. He adds : “We don’t have the same way or the same tastes at all, but there is something about him that I find very moving. He tries things all the time, he can present himself as such to the camera or make himself up, be hunchbacked, take voices, like a puppeteer. He’s not afraid to screw up.“A beautiful declaration for Vincent Cassel, whom he finds in The Three Musketeers – D’Artagnan where he embodies Louis XIII, while the famous Mesrine plays Athos.