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French Actor and Gay Icon Gaspard Ulliel Has Died in a Skiing Accident at 37

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The Pink Lens wrote on their Instagram: Legendary French movie star and heartthrob Gaspard Ulliel has died, aged 37. The double César winner’s biggest and most acclaimed roles were as gay characters in It’s Only The End Of The World.

He played a gay man dying of AIDS in the 1980s – and Saint Laurent ???????? – in which he played the titular role in the biopic of gay fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Dying after a collision on the ski slopes of Savoie, the actor is the current face of Chanel’s worldwide aftershave campaign. He rose to international stardom as Hannibal Lector in Hannibal Rising ???????? and is one of the leads in upcoming Marvel series Moon Knight ????????. Starring opposite Audrey Tautou in A Very Long Engagement ???????? in 2005, he won the Most Promising Actor César, before winning Best Actor in 2017 for It’s Only The End Of The World ???????? opposite Marion Cotillard and Léa Seydoux and directed by Queer Cinema icon Xavier Dolan.
Rest In Peace.

 

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Legendary queer director  Bruce La Bruce wrote: “oh no! RIP fine French actor Gaspard Ulliel, dead at 37 in a skiing accident!”

CNN: French actor Gaspard Ulliel, best known for playing Hannibal Lecter in “Hannibal Rising,” has died at the age of 37 after a skiing accident in southeastern France. “Gaspard Ulliel grew up with cinema and cinema grew up with him. They loved each other madly,” French Prime Minister Jean Castex tweeted Wednesday.

“It’s with a heavy heart that we will rewatch his most beautiful performances and catch his unique gaze. We have lost a French actor.”
Ulliel gained acclaim for his portrayal of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the 2014 biopic, “Saint Laurent.” He went on to win a César for Best Actor, France’s equivalent of the Oscar, for his performance in the Xavier Dolan film, “It’s Only the End of the World.”
His next on-screen appearance is set to be in the Marvel Disney+ series Moon Knight, scheduled for release in March 2022.
Fellow French actor Jean Dujardin posted an image of Ulliel on Instagram with a caption which read simply “Gaspard” alongside a black heart emoji.

 

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