In reaction to the death of Gaspard Ulliel this Wednesday, January 19, 2022, Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, salute the memory of the actor through a long text published on the Élysée site.
The disappearance of Gaspard Ulliel has plunged the whole of France into immense sadness. The famous French actor, revealed in The Lost by André Téchiné in 2003, before winning the César for the best male hope for his role in A long engagement Sunday, in 2005, then the César for best actor for his performance in Just the end of the world, in 2017, was swept away by a tragic skiing accident. The collision between the actor and another skier occurred on Tuesday January 18, 2022, at the resort of La Rosière, in Savoie. The movie star was rushed to Grenoble University Hospital. At the end of the day, his vital prognosis was engaged. The movie hero Yves Saint Laurent of Bertrand Bonello is died the following day, Wednesday January 19, at the age of 37, announced his agent to AFP.
When this terrible news was announced, tributes multiplied on social networks. Xavier Dolan, Pierre Niney, Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche or even Guillaume Canet hailed the memory of Gaspard Ulliel. Jean Castex also reacted to the death of the actor. “Gaspard Ulliel grew up with the cinema and the cinema grew with him. They loved each other madly. It is with a heavy heart that we will now see his most beautiful interpretations and meet this certain gaze. We are losing a French actor”, wrote the Prime Minister on Twitter.
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron react to the death of Gaspard Ulliel
After the reaction of the Matignon tenant, it was Emmanuel Macron who paid tribute to Gaspard Ulliel, through a long text published on the Élysée website. “The President of the Republic learned with great sadness of the death of Gaspard Ulliel, taken away too young, at only 37 years old, by a serious skiing accident. Actor of television since childhood, of cinema then, of theater sometimes, icon of French elegance, he dazzled all the lenses and occupied the top of the bill for more than two decades“, we read on the first lines. In conclusion of this message which traces the brilliant journey of Gaspard Ulliel, Brigitte Macron joins the Head of State to honor the memory of Gaspard Ulliel: “The President of the Republic and his wife deplore the sudden disappearance of this talented actor whose the blue gaze was a signature of French cinema. They send their heartfelt condolences to his family, his partner, his son, and all the moviegoers whose last twenty years have been punctuated by the great roles of Gaspard Ulliel.”