For some time now, Gilles Lellouche has been making a shift in his career. More sentimental, more demanding, the 52-year-old actor who also thrives behind the camera no longer hesitates to show a more complex side of his personality. A transition noticed by Léa Salamé who attempted a rather clumsy compliment this Saturday, October 12 on the set of “What an era!” : “It’s still crazy how Gilles Lellouche has been when you look at things… For a long time, during the first part of your career, he was ‘the guy next to Jean Dujardin. Don’t take that the wrong way!’” she began, quickly joined by the main person concerned, not offended one bit: “Or by Guillaume Canet” Philippe Lellouche’s brother joked, triggering laughter from Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil, also guests.
A perilous introduction for Léa Salamé who is struggling to catch up: “He was the guy who was a bit virile, macho…” .“A little nag, you can go.” interrupts Gilles Lellouche, clearly a fan of the second degree. A description which visibly pleased Christophe Dechavanne, who nodded from the side, provoking, in turn, general laughter. Fortunately, Raphaël Glucksmann’s partner quickly caught up to paint a much more glowing picture of the second half of his career: “And then, in recent years what you have been doing, both as an actor in Jeanne Herry’s films which are fantastic (…), but also in your directing, since Le Grand Bain and even more so in L’amour ouf , there is still… I’m not going to say a ‘new Gilles Lellouche’ but something still happened.” begins the journalist, before concluding, “We have the impression that in recent years you have embraced your sensitivity, that you have come out of this somewhat nag role and that as a result you surprise people.”
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Gilles Lellouche: why he didn’t cast Jean Dujardin in “Le Grand Bain”
For his first feature film as a solo director, Gilles Lellouche relied on a star cast. Released in 2018, “The Great Bath” thus brought together Mathieu Amalric, Benoît Poelvoorde, Philippe Katerine and even Leïla Bekhti. However, to everyone’s surprise, no Jean Dujardin in the credits, although he is known to be close to the director with whom he had already shot several films. An absence which has an explanation: “I didn’t want to do Les Petits Mouchoirs or Les Infidèles at the swimming pool.” detailed the actor of “BAC North” in the columns of Paris Match. “I didn’t want to label my film with an image that would make people forget my point. Jean and I have made a lot of films together. He does it without me, and vice versa. Everything is fine”.
Article written in collaboration with 6Médias.
Photo credits: Screenshot France 2
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