French cinema has seen the birth of a host of new stars in recent years. It’s Raphaël Quenard who made a lot of talk about him in 2024, after winning the César for best male revelation for his role in Junkyard dog (2023). Currently, movie buffs can also discover Victor Belmondo who, unsurprisingly, is the grandson of one of the greatest French actors, Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Victor Belmondo is only 30 years old, but he already enjoys a successful career in cinema and on the small screen. The young actor was especially revealed this year, in the film Her and him and the rest of the world d’Emmanuelle Belohradsky. And if there is one characteristic that is immediately noticeable when looking at it, it is its striking resemblance with Jean-Paul Belmondo. Besides, Léa Salamé asked him about it on the show What an era!
Léa Salamé and Christophe Dechavanne discuss the strong resemblance between Jean-Paul and Victor Belmondo
The broadcast of What an era! on September 28 was dedicated, in part, to cinema. Among the main guests, Léa Salamé and Christophe Dechavanne received Isabelle Nanty as well as Victor Belmondo. For her part, the French actress is promoting the film What do we do now?which will be released in a few days. As for Victor Belmondo, he also came to talk abouta new feature film, Live, die, be reborn.
However, Léa Salamé and Christophe Dechavanne did not only discuss the career of the young actor and this film. Before tackling more serious subjects with Victor Belmondo, they discussed its strong resemblance with Jean-Paul Belmondo. “If you had a crushed nose… You are the portrait of Jean-Paul, it’s crazy”underlined Christophe Dechavanne. The actor’s reaction was somewhat unexpected…
Victor Belmondo doesn’t realize he looks like his grandfather
This is certainly not the first time that Victor Belmondo has heard of his physical resemblance to his grandfather. But a difference is noticeable between the two actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo had a more crushed nose than that of his grandson. Hearing Christophe Dechavanne point this out to him, Victor Belmondo then turned to Theo Christineanother actor present that evening.
Jean-Paul Belmondo’s grandson then told him, while laughing: “Give me a straight line”. The scene greatly amused Léa Salamé, who take on the game saying “Break his nose.”. It was then that Victor Belmondo confessed not really realizing that he looks like Jean-Paul Belmondo. “I’m starting to believe it because I’m told.”he simply explained.
Moreover, Victor Belmondo does not seem to have suffered from his father’s fame and this physical resemblance. This is what the young actor has already admitted in an interview given in Numberpublished this week. “My parents raised me in a lifestyle quite far from the media. And then, I am not Johnny Hallyday’s son either. There weren’t dozens of photographers around our house”he expressed himself.
