Guillaume Canet is tireless. At 51, he has already appeared in 55 films. Only two weeks after the release of Flood on the last months of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, the actor is back with To Lifea film he co-produced and co-wrote for Netflix. For his first collaboration with the platform he plays a former member of GIGN. A very physical role that took him six months to prepare. But there is no question for Guillaume Canet of resting on his laurels. In February, he will begin filming his ninth film as director. But why does he never blow? the journalist asked him South West Julien Rousset. “Regularly, I make a good resolution: to take a break. But I can’t keep it, it worries me”he replied in the issue on newsstands this Saturday, January 11.
Guillaume Canet: this “fear of death” which pushes him to work non-stop
“As soon as I stop, I have the impression that I will no longer be able to work afterwards, that I will no longer be offered as many things”confided Marion Cotillard’s companion. “I need to be moving. When I lie down on a deckchair, on vacation, the moment I lie down, I am very happy. But after five minutes, I get bored and stressed “said the filmmaker. But what does this hide? “overactivity” ? “No doubt the fear of death. I know that time is running out”answers Guillaume Canet. “I often have the same nightmare: I learn that I am going to die, and I have to go say goodbye to everyone”he revealed.
“I wonder why I do all this” : these extreme activities that Guillaume Canet wonders about
Like his character as a former member of GIGN in To Lifethe filming addict, Guillaume Canet, understands that we can “become addicted to danger, to risk-taking”. “Because you never feel as alive as in these circumstances”estimated the actor, before discussing his own case and his relationship to sensational activities. “I go parachuting, paramotoring, paragliding. Every time, in the evening, when I’m at home, I ask myself why I do all this, I tell myself that it doesn’t make sense, that it’s completely stupid… And the next morning, I can’t wait to go back”explained the father of Marcel, 13 years old.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias
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