Rania Hoballah –
His support for Roman Polanski will have cost him dearly. Featured at Matrix Resurrections, Lambert Wilson returned to the controversy that marked the 2020 edition of the Caesar ceremony. Presented by Florence Foresti, the event had caused a lot of noise due to the presence in competition of I accuse, the film by Roman Polanski, accused of sexual assault, which won three awards including that of the best director.
Throughout the evening, Florence Foresti had not hesitated to throw spikes against the director. She even left the room with several other actresses present that evening, when Polanski had won the statuette for best director.
I have reservations about the ceremony of Caesar. And the result is that I got fired from Greenpeace
Shortly after, while working in collaboration with Greenpeace, the NGO decided to end their partnership. The actor is sure of it: this decision has to do with the Caesar party. “I had reservations about the Caesar ceremony and more particularly about the way it went and the way Florence Foresti had conducted her mastery of ceremonies on Polanski. And the result is that I got fired from Greenpeace “, he lamented on the set of “En aparté”, this Tuesday, December 21, 2021.
“I had been working as an activist for 20 years (…) I was really a spokesperson for Greenpeace and because I expressed something which seemed to support the Polanski case, which was not the case, I I was fired two days later without further legal action “, he apologized.