After ten hours of police custody on Monday, Gérard Depardieu learned that he will be tried in October for two sexual assaults during two different shoots. A rape complaint also targets the actor. Raphaëlle Bacqué, who co-signed an investigation into Gérard Depardieu, A very French affair, assured at the microphone of RTL Tuesday that the actor’s support is fading: “they no longer support him publicly. That’s what changed. That is to say that those who signed the petition in his favor a few months ago, today, are being much more discreet. »
But if the world of cinema today turns its back on the actor, in the past it has often shown complacency. “The cinema world has been turning a blind eye to it for a very long time, or even laughing about it,” describes the great reporter to Le Monde. Gérard Depardieu’s behavior has long been euphemised: we said he was Rabelaisian, we said he was funny, transgressive. We did not, in fact, see the women he attacked. And we never took them into account. »
Now, the situation has changed and a return of Gérard Depardieu to the cinema seems impossible. “In any case in France, we questioned a lot of producers, a lot of broadcasters, a lot of directors,” specifies the journalist. No one will take the risk of putting him back in the lead for a cinema project. So he no longer has any suggestions. It can still possibly tour in Russia, but it’s really very difficult to tour it, at least in Europe. »