The actor, starring in “L’Amour ouf”, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, is now playing many leading roles. His current success nevertheless contrasts with the difficulties he experienced at the start of his career.
If there is one man who is in vogue in French cinema today, it is François Civil. The actor, long confined to playing the young lead, now plays prime roles.
We could see it in D’Artagnan new generation in the adaptation of “ Three Musketeers.” Civil also acted undercover in “BAC Nord”, all sprinkled with a bold Marseille accent. Then he takes on the features of an acoustic analyst at the bottom of the ocean in “Chant Du loup”.
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Handsome, sporty, funny and above all gifted for his art, François Civil has everything to succeed. A budding success, which nevertheless contrasts with the struggles he experienced at the start of his career.
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From academic failures to first jobs
Despite having university parents, young François unfortunately never excelled in school.
Faced with a system that he finds competitive, the young man experiences the courses as torture. Instead of revising, he focuses on making his classmates laugh.
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Anyone who today admits to having been “unruly” pays the high price for their bad behavior and triples their second grade before being expelled from their first high school.
The turbulence will then turn into repeated absences, because the teenager begins his artistic career.
First young talent in a short program on Disney ChannelFrançois Civil will make himself known by playing in the group of friends in the film “ Bus Palladium ».
The director, Christopher Thompson, offered him this role when he was in his final year. François still takes his baccalaureate as a free candidate and obtains it by miracle.
Upon leaving high school, as his desire to become an actor becomes clearer, the young man encounters new obstacles.
First, he was refused entry to the Classe Libre du Cours Florent, the school of many actors. Then, filming offers became rarer, while he increased the number of castings.
Registered with Pôle emploi, he was even asked to play Ronald McDonald in front of all the McDonald’s in France.
An offer that he will tell later in the show “ Nice gesture », but which he will refuse, preferring to persevere in the seventh art.
A meeting that will change everything
After yet another casting call, he was then asked to meet Igor Gotesman, who at the time was directing a short film called “Five”, which has now become the cult feature film that we know today.
Between the two men, the flow quickly passed and François Civil got involved in the project.
At his side, a certain Pierre Niney, a truly gifted man who was the youngest resident of the Comédie-Française, at only 21 years old.
The role of François Civil in the film, coupled with a notable supporting role in the series “ Ten percent »propelled the actor to the forefront.
He is 25 years old, his career is launched.
Today, François Civil seems to be a fulfilled man, and multiplies his passions.
Sometimes a climber, sometimes a film photographer, sometimes, of course, an actor. He fills his days, obsessed with the passing of time.
We are far from the strolling teenager he was before.
