Guillaume Canet took on unprecedented challenges for his latest role in To Life. In 50’inside this Saturday, January 4, the actor revealed to Isabelle Ithurburu the fears he had to overcome during his intense preparation to play a former member of GIGN.
Saturday afternoon rhymes with 50’inside on TF1. Despite the school holidays, Isabelle Ithurburu hosted a new issue of the celebrity magazine on the front page this Saturday, January 4 from 5:50 p.m. The host was particularly interested in pastry chef Cédric Grolet, wondering if his famous cakes were more genius or trickery. Secondly, she interviewed Guillaume Canet to promote two news stories: The Flood by Gianluca Jodice, film released on December 25 in which he plays Louis XVI, and To Life by Rodolphe Lauga, available exclusively on Netflix this Friday January 10, 2025.
In this latest feature film, the 51-year-old actor plays Franck Lazareff, a former member of the GIGN, the elite gendarmerie brigade. But the protagonist will have to return to service after being attacked at home with his wife. For this particular interview with the journalist, Marion Cotillard’s husband arranged to meet his interlocutor in a secret location usually closed to the public. “You break me out of my habits“, reacted the former presenter of the Tube on Canal+. And Guillaume Canet explains: “We are in the GIGN gymnasium, where they train, where they do boxing, combat training, weight training. These are men who need their bodies all day long.”
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Guillaume Canet: “I was really dizzy”
The role was demanding, and the father had to train carefully to be credible: “The preparation was hard, every morning I got up at six o’clock and I trained. But at the same time, I loved it, I felt good. It lasted four and a half months. It was very intense“, he revealed. Before confiding that he had to overcome certain fears: “I felt really dizzy. I was unable to bend down to the first floor. And I had to recall […]. I did all my stunts so the rappelling and all that, it was hot.“Then Isabelle Ithurburu joked:”You are a bit like our own Tom Cruise on this film.“Before the one we called”Guigui Cruise on set” does not conclude: “When I take a flight, on a paraglider or on a paramotor, the moment I land I say to myself: ‘It’s okay, nothing happened to me’, and I feel even better. But first we say to ourselves: ‘I’m really stupid for doing this’.“Guillaume Canet’s performances can be seen from January 10 on Netflix.
