One of French cinema’s best-known actors and a star of Marvel’s upcoming “Moon Knight” series, Gaspard Ullil, died on Wednesday following a ski accident, according to AFP news agency. He was 37 years old.
The actor’s family and local agent said the two-time Caesar-winning actor was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday after suffering a head injury and did not recover. He was killed on the slopes in the Savoie region.
French Prime Minister Jean Castux paid an emotional tribute to the late actor and tweeted: “Gaspard Uyl grew up with cinema and cinema grew with him. They loved each other madly. It is with a heavy heart that we now Won’t see his most beautiful interpretations. We have lost a French actor.”
Crowds of people paying tribute to Gaspard Ulil have gathered on social media. Filmmaker Peter Weber, who directed Ulil in Hannibal Rising, French director and actor Xavier Dolan, who played the lead in his It’s Only the End of the World, French actors Jean Dujardin, Juliette Binoche and Anthony Delon on the loss of life expressed grief. Late actor passed away.
Shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Gaspard Ulil at such a young age in a skiing accident. I have fond memories of working with him on Hannibal Rising so many years ago. Rest in peace, dear friend. pic.twitter.com/U1gmxMvHJE— Peter Webber (@PeterWebber) January 19, 2022
Uliel was cast as the Midnight Man in ‘Moon Night’, but was cast in Xavier Dolan’s Canadian-French film ‘It’s Only the End of the World’ (2016) for his part alongside Marion Cotillard, Lee Seydoux and Vincent Cassel. was taken for is most remembered for. The film won the Grand Prix at Cannes and three Cesar – French Oscars.
Yuliel gave a powerful performance as renowned French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in Bertrand Bonello’s biopic ‘Saint Laurent’.
Describing Ulil’s death as “so unfair”, the French Minister of Culture, Rosaline Bachelot, said: “Such a brilliant actor who was stabbed to death with a sickle at the peak of his career. For nearly 20 years he has been present in our lives.” With a stellar performance, he won his first Caesar for Best Male Newcomer with ‘A Very Long Engagement’.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux also shared his condolences. Ulil was a mainstay of the Red Steps in Cannes, where the premiere of the actor’s films often took place, note ‘Variety’.
“Gaspard belonged to this new generation of actors who were creating the French cinema of tomorrow. He knew how to choose his roles and shaped his career in a way that delivered on every promise,” Fremoux said. Told Variety.
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