They represented a mythical couple of cinema. Romy Schneider and Alain Delon have lived a passionate story. The actor shared their intimate exchanges.
On April 10, 1958, Alain Delon met Romy Schneider for the first time, who played alongside him in the film Christine. On the set, the two actors fall madly in love. For Alain Delon, Romy Schneider becomes the first great love of his life. Their couple is a dream. The two actors are stars, they are beautiful and above all their relationship is so intense that they inherit a nickname that sums it all up: “the terrible lovers”.
Alain Delon returned to this passionate love story which lasted more than four years. In the documentary Romy: 40 years later, final confidences, which will be broadcast on May 24 on TMC, the French actor has agreed to reveal the last letter he wrote to his great love. This letter, Alain Delon wrote it to Romy Schneider when the actress was found dead in her apartment on May 29, 1982.
For the first time Alain Delon agreed to read the content. “You came from Vienna and I was waiting in Paris, with a bouquet of flowers in my arms, I fell madly in love with you, and you fell in love with me”, read Alain Delon, visibly still moved to address the one he madly loved.
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Alain Delon reveals how he fell in love with Romy Schneider
This letter written forty years ago reveals the tenderness and intense love that the two movie stars shared. “Often we asked each other this question of lovers: ‘Who fell in love first, you or me?’ We were counting one two three, and we were like, ‘neither you nor me, together'”reads Alain Delon again.
The actor also read a passage on what bound them between people of the cinema. This common passion which was their job and also their way of life has linked them even more. They met on a film set, their story evolved in the spotlight. “The man that I am is the one who knew you best, who understood you best, because he was an actor too. How do you explain to them who you were and who we are, we actors?”
After four years of intense love, the couple separated when Alain Delon met Nathalie Delon, who would become the mother of his son Anthony Delon. Despite everything, the French actor has always retained a lot of affection for the star of the 50s. His intervention in the documentary dedicated to Romy Schneider shows how much the memory of the actress is still vivid.
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