Asked this Sunday, January 9 in the Journal du dimanche (JDD), Gilles Lellouche confided in his debut in the cinema, and the actor notably returned to the way of apprehending the celebrity.
Gilles Lellouche, whose wife was affected by the Covid-19 at the end of 2020, returned to the columns of the Sunday newspaper (JDD) this Sunday, January 9 on how he approached the start of fame. On the eve of his 50th birthday, Gilles Lellouche said he was more anxious about the issue of time passing, and less about getting negative reviews. The one who has made audacity his trademark confided: “Now I’m less afraid, because I stop looking at myself“. In its early days, however, it was not won. “When we start, we play beautiful to exist.” But today, Gilles Lellouche is calm, and sees things more easily. “After twenty years, I don’t care: today I do this job with less narcissism“, he explained.
“It gives you wings!”
The director of Large Bath, which honors Philippe Katerine, is satisfied with the success of his feature film, which has accumulated 4.2 million viewers. “It’s stupid, but it gives you wings!”, he smiled. “After that, a career is long: you have to know how to manage the image that people have of you, the roles we can play without risking repeating ourselves“. But, even if he is delighted with the reception of the film with Guillaume Canet, indeed confides that today, one of his biggest fears would be to fall into a form of redundancy: “My worst nightmare would be to hear someone say: ‘There, he’s doing Lellouche!’, he exclaimed.
“Never addicted to rewards”
During an interview with JDD in August 2021, Gilles Lellouche returned to the 2019 Caesar, who had copiously shunned his film The Great Bath, even though he was ranked among the great successes of the year 2018. He had also been nominated in eight categories but only Philippe Katerine had won the César for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. A handsome player, Gilles Lellouche commented: “I’ve never been addicted to awards, I’ve never been top of the class, I’m not going to be today …”
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