An essential face of French cinema for many years now, Guillaume Canet always invests body and soul in his various projects, whether as an actor or director. Unfortunately, his perfectionism sometimes played tricks on him, as he explained in the latest issue of the magazine Psychologies, published Friday, August 25, 2023. “I’ve cracked up several times. Because we work like crazy, because we don’t sleep, because we forget ourselves… It’s a job that pumps, that takes a lot of you”, acknowledged the 50-year-old comedian. “When you finish a film, especially as a director, you’re all dry, drained. And sometimes it can go wrong. I had staphylococcus aureus, had sepsis, and I spent almost a month at the hospital: everything stopped suddenly”, he also added. These painful experiences nevertheless had the merit of showing the actor where his limits were. “Since then, I have a small alarm signal”he pointed out.
Guillaume Canet: “I had shingles at 11 and an ulcer at 13”
Always with the magazine Psychologiesthe director of the blockbuster Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire also revealed to be someone with deep anxiety “always”. “I had shingles at 11 and an ulcer at 13. My parents were getting divorced, it was complicated between them, I had trouble accepting what we were going through; I was worried, unhappy. Separations are always difficult for children and I am someone hypersensitive, bad energies reach me very quickly, very strongly. Quickly my older sisters left the house and I found myself alone with my mother: the period was not the most peaceful. At that time too, I was quite angry,” explained Guillaume Canet. For their part, French spectators will have the opportunity to find the companion of Marion Cotillard in dark rooms soon. Indeed, Guillaume Canet will be one of the headliners of the feature film entitled Acidwhich is scheduled to hit theaters on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
Guillaume Canet: his health problems inspired him to make his most popular film
Guillaume Canet had already mentioned his health concerns in the past. This is after directing the cult film Do not tell anyone that the actor needed to recharge his batteries. He then left to join former footballer Bixente Lizarazu at his home on the Basque coast. Unfortunately, this stay was not easy for the actor. “I had finished the movie, I was exhausted and I went surfing in the southwest with Lizarazu. And in the night, I was bitten by a spider, in two places”, he said on the show Legend by Guillaume Pley. A misfortune never arriving alone, the bites of which the director was the victim became infected. “He gave me a wetsuit, which I think he had peed in 36 times and which was disgusting, and I got staphylococcus aureus and sepsis. I found myself in the morning with a spoon like that, blue. And I arrived at the hospital and the guy said to me: ‘You are completely c * n, it was necessary to come earlier'”, added Guillaume Canet. This misadventure will at least have had the merit of inspiring the filmmaker to write the script for his cult film The little handkerchiefs.