Xavier Dolan, Pierre Niney, Jean Dujardin, Alexandra Lamy, Marina Foïs… Many personalities have paid tribute to the actor of Just the end of the world and Saint Laurent, whose disappearance this Wednesday, at the age of 37, caused shock waves in the world of cinema.
From the official announcement by his family, the sudden disappearance of Gaspard Ulliel at the age of 37 caused shock waves in the world of French cinema, and beyond. The actor lost his life on Wednesday January 19 after being the victim of a serious skiing accident in Savoie. Many personalities wanted to honor his memory on social networks.
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Starting with Pierre Niney, interpreter of Yves Saint Laurent the same year as him and who had beaten him in 2015 in the race for the César for best actor. “Broken heart. Gaspard was benevolence and kindness. Beauty and talent. Thoughts to his family, ”wrote the former resident of the Comédie-Française under a black and white photo of his comrade.
“Without a voice of sadness”
The director Xavier Dolan who had directed him in Just the end of the world, the film which won him the César for best actor in 2016, delivers a text on edge, where he says he is “emptied, sounded” by the departure of Gaspard Ulliel: “Your discreet laughter, your attentive eye. Your scar. Your talent. Your listening. Your whispers, your kindness. All the features of your person were in fact born of a sparkling sweetness. It is your whole being that has transformed my life, a being that I loved deeply, and that I will always love.
The actor Guillaume Gouix, with whom he had shared the poster of end of the world, preferred to express himself with a simple black square, emphasizing the modesty of his “beautiful friend” who disappeared. “I don’t have the words. Without a voice of sadness. Your poetry, your delicacy… I am thinking of all your loved ones. I give them my strength and my love. And I would like to give them better. I don’t put pictures here, you were so attached to this modesty. Love Gaspard.
Guillaume Canet and Jean Dujardin both struggled to find the words, posting just a photo of their friend on Instagram accompanied in the caption by a simple “Gaspard” and a black heart. Just like Marina Foïs who published a photo of the thirties in black and white, looking lost in thought.
“You were beauty, kindness, talent, elegance”
“Heavy heart. I only keep these moments of joy from you, we laughed so much. You were beauty, kindness, talent, elegance, we will miss you so much. All my support to your family and loved ones, ”responded Alexandra Lamy, sharing a little-known photo of her friend with her face hidden under a large straw hat.
Journalist and writer Sophie Fontanel also expressed her deep sadness on an Instagram post, recalling a furtive and unique encounter: “Crossed once, ten years ago, in the hall of my building then , rue de Verneuil. Unexpected presence in front of mailboxes. I acted as if I was not examining anything by scrutinizing everything. Impression of falling on a god. I thought it must have done the same thing, in the old days, to people who had the chance to see the young Gary Cooper in person. The wet, unctuous blue gaze. Moved in advance. The look. The youth. Die skiing. It means: this one“.
The political class also wanted to pay tribute to the actor. “Gaspard Ulliel grew up with cinema and cinema grew with him,” Prime Minister Jean Castex wrote on Twitter before adding: “They loved each other madly. It is with a heavy heart that we will now see his most beautiful interpretations and meet this certain look. We are losing a French actor”.
The Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot, for her part, underlined the immense loss for the seventh art: “His sensitivity and the intensity of his acting made Gaspard Ulliel an exceptional actor. The cinema today loses an immense talent. I send my condolences to his loved ones and my loving thoughts to all those who mourn him today.
The Chanel house, of which he had been an ambassador for twelve years, the face of the Bleu perfume in particular, also expressed its “deep sadness” after the death of this “close friend of the house”.
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