Léa Seydoux should have shared the poster with Gaspard Ulliel. In January 2022, the film
La Bête
by Bertrand Bonello enters pre-production. The actors have already been chosen, all that is needed is to find all the financing to start filming. Friends in life, the two actors had already filmed together in
Saint Laurent
in 2014 and in
Juste la fin du monde
in 2016.
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A Whatsapp audio note
Just before the filming of
The Beast
, the film
France
was released , starring Léa Seydoux. Friend for a long time and certainly attentive to the career of the actress a few months before filming with her again, Gaspard Ulliel sends a WhatsApp audio message to Léa Seydoux. On the occasion of the film's release in the United States on April 5, 2024, she entrusted it to the American media
Indiewire
. “The last message I had from him, the last time I heard his voice, was after
France
, this film that I made with Bruno Dumont,” said Léa Seydoux. He just left me a message on WhatsApp, an audio message, and he told me how much he loved the film. He told me: 'I'm not saying that because we're going to work together. I just wanted to tell you that I was very impressed.' It was a very, very kind message,” she recalls.
A fatal accident
In her interview, Léa Seydoux continues: “Even I, I said to myself, he is too nice. This is the last thing we shared. And then I got a call from my agent, and he said, 'Gaspard had this skiing accident, and I think he's in a coma.' He said to me: 'I think it's very, very serious'." Gaspard Ulliel died as a result of his accident on January 19, 2022. Léa Seydoux attended his funeral in Paris. As for
The Beast
, Gaspard Ulliel will be replaced by actor George MacKay. Out of the question for the director to replace him with a Frenchman.