“He didn’t like me at all”: Guillaume Canet reveals the name of the immense actor with whom he didn’t get along at all on a set

Since his beginnings at the end of the 1990s, Guillaume Canet has appeared in dozens and dozens of films and starred alongside the greatest actors and the greatest actresses. In his early days, he even played opposite the monster of French cinema: Gérard Depardieu. It was in Vidocq (2001), by Pitof. A shoot of which Guillaume Canet does not necessarily have good memories. Firstly because he found himself “bad“.

“I wasn’t ready at all, maybe I hadn’t worked hard enough, I think the character wasn’t very well written either. It wasn’t a film I was very happy about“, confided the actor turned director in an interview with BrutTuesday January 7, 2025, on the occasion of the release of his new film To Life. In 2001, Guillaume Canet had only a few films to his credit, and the only notable one was The Beach (2000), by Danny Boyle, with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Between Guillaume Canet and Gérard Depardieu, “no complicity at all“

But the real problem on the set of Vidocq was Gérard Depardieu, with whom Guillaume Canet did not get along (at all). “In any case, I think he didn’t like me at all and it didn’t work out unfortunately. There was no complicity at all“, confided the companion of Marion Cotillard, who was severely tackled by the actor after the release of the film. Gérard Depardieu – accused of sexual assault by several women – even said in an interview that Guillaume Canet “had nothing to do in this profession“. He wasn’t offended.

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“In his defense, if he saw me acting on set and I wasn’t good, I think it’s kind of normal that he might have said that“, slipped Guillaume Canet, who recognizes that he had “not a great experience“at the beginning of the 2000s. Result: he found Gérard Depardieu “very impressive”.”I admired the actor he was, but I saw that it didn’t go the other way, so I didn’t try to go further.“, revealed Gilles Lellouche’s friend. “There wasn’t really an exchange but that often happens on films.“We can’t get along with everyone.