After Benjamin Castaldi, Roschdy Zem and Marina Foïs? A few months ago, Cyril Hanouna’s ex-columnist announced big news: telling the love story between Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand despite being in a relationship, at the time, with Simone Signoret, the grandmother of the facilitator.
In fact, on September 14, 2023, the premiere of the play took place Bungalow 21. A play with Mathilde Seigner and her sister Emmanuelle in the main roles playing Simone Signoret and Marilyn Monroe respectively. A project that he had been working on since 2020 and that his mother had difficulty accepting.
Benjamin Castaldi’s mother had “trouble” accepting
When the love story between Yves Montand and the American artist came to light, Benjamin Castaldi’s mother didn’t believe it. “She had a very bad experience” to see his adoptive father with another woman. “She was on vacation in the South West, she was at the beach, and a newsboy arrived [en disant] : ‘all about the Montand / Marylin affair’remembered the host in the Buzz TV du Figaro.
The ex-host of Cyril Hanouna also revealed that for his mother, “Everything that concerns his parents is very complicated, and this matter in particular.” Despite everything, she still agreed to attend the play.
Marina Foïs in a Simone Signoret biopic?
“She made her comments as she always does, but I think it’s a very complicated story for her. She has no perspective (…) My mother has always been frank regarding my professional career”he confided. And in a few months, the story of Simone Signoret could land on the big screen.
Indeed, our colleague Nicolas Malaboeuf has just indicated on his X account that a biopic would be in preparation. “A biopic around the Montand/Signoret couple is currently in preparation, the film will be titled ‘Me who loved you’ directed by Diane Kurys with Roschdy Zem as Yves Montand and Marina Foïs in the role of Simone Signoretto be discovered in cinemas in summer 2025″he revealed.
