Martin Scorsese pays a vibrant tribute to Gaspard Ulliel and “his sense of dedication”

In 2010, for the campaign for its Bleu perfume, Chanel called on the French actor Gaspard Ulliel. As for the creation of the TV spot, it is entrusted to the American director Martin Scorsese. A big name in Hollywood cinema who has paid tribute to the“intelligence” of the one who died on January 19, 2022 in a skiing accident.

Filming under the direction of Martin Scorsese, even for an advertisement: a project that Gaspard Ulliel had not refused. In 2010, the actor began his contract with Chanel. As for the fragrance’s TV spot, it looks like a movie set in a 60-second clip during which the man who died in a skiing accident portrays a star fleeing media pressure. And to accompany the images of director Martin Scorsese, the title She said Yeah performed by the Rolling Stones. An unforgettable experience that Gaspard Ulliel confided in during the making-of of the shoot: “It’s very rare to meet a great American director like him when you’re a French actor. I work mostly in France so it’s great for me to shoot in New York with an American director.”. Gaspard Ulliel was talking about a project “innovative”, closer to a “short film” than a standard spot. His collaboration with Martin Scorsese lasted five days in New York. “He really has his style, his way of telling a story. In this ad, you can really feel his personal touch in the shots, the framing…”, had thus detailed the companion of Gaëlle Pietri and dad of little Orso.

A “devoted” actor according to Martin Scorsese

This advertisement, in which Gaspard Ulliel reveals himself to the general public as more captivating than ever, is the first and unfortunately the last collaboration between him and Martin Scorsese. And while an investigation was opened and entrusted to the CRS Alpes d’Albertville to try to determine the exact circumstances of the death of Gaspard Ulliel, the one who had covered him with a cinematographic eye for Chanel wanted to salute “his sense of dedication” and “his intelligence” in a statement sent to the American site Indiewire. “He loved the cinema, and I know he would have become an interesting director if he had been able to realize his dream“, thus declared Martin Scorsese. An iconic muse.