As Guillaume Canet prepares to introduce his Asterix and Obelix: the Middle Empire to the whole world, he opened up about his two children Marcel and Louise. Rare and touching secrets.
It’s a film he made for his children. On February 1st, Guillaume Canet’s mega production will be released in theaters, Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire. A moment that this anguished director dreads somewhat. Certainly it is “happy to have finished, to have gone where I wanted, the film looks like what I wanted“. But it doesn’t take anything away from his “enormous anguish“as he admits in the columns of TV 7 Days this Monday, January 23. “The period is fragile. Film output can be damaged by external elements. I hope people will enjoy this great family film“, he wishes.
In success as in failure, Guillaume Canet can still be reassured: he can always count on the support of his children who are undoubtedly proud of their dad. It is also for Marcel and Louise, aged eleven and soon to be six, who pushed him to interest him in the Gauls. “My link with Asterix is first of all the fact of having two children and having want to make a film they can see. I dedicated it to them. For once I am happy to share what i do with them“, says the companion of Marion Cotillard. And then, there is a question of transmission in all this. Child, Guillaume Canet “stole the comics of [son] father“.”Today my son reads them. That’s the magic, with these Gauls, their adventures are part of our collective heritage“, enthuses the interested party.
What Guillaume Canet wants to pass on to his children
Marcel is so keen on Asterix and his band that he even plays a small role in his father’s feature film, playing the latter when he was young. “Transmission is done!“, says Guillaume Canet with a touch of pride. Speaking of transmission, this father of a family wants to pass on to his two little ones “respect and kindness“.”For me, these are core values. Above all, don’t judge people too quickly.“, he insists And to add: “Today’s children are growing up in a world that is still very dark, between the pandemic, war and climate change. We leave them a rather bleak future, but we still have to try to convey to them a certain positivism.” Rare and touching confidences.