Gerard Depardieu in his youth

Gerard Depardieu was born into a large family, who lived poorly. His father had no education and worked as a tinsmith, drank heavily. Mom was engaged in children, but there was no question of a special parental love in the family. All upbringing fit into shouts and beatings.

Such a situation in the house led to the fact that the boy began to stutter and more and more spoke in gestures and short phrases. At school he generally tried to keep quiet. Parents did not give their son any attention at all, and as a result, the boy was independent already in adolescence.

In his youth and youth Gerard Depardieu often traveled, visiting the surrounding villages and towns. Then he visited the Mediterranean Sea, and in 1965 it was marked by the fact that the guy was in Paris. Gerard called a friend there.

School of acting

Then the circumstances developed in such a way that Depardieu happened to be in the acting school at random, and the teacher asked him to play a sketch, a small pantomime. Such creativity did not leave indifferent the audience and, despite the not very successful performance, the guy noticed.

Thus, the young Gerard Depardieu was invited to this school. But still, he thought for a whole year before he gave his final consent. The plus in this training was that he was offered to study for free. Jean-Laurent Couchet not only taught Depardieu courses. This teacher, one of the most famous at that time in Paris, helped him to restore speech and get rid of stutter by paying for treatment.

Gerard Depardieu, young and purposeful, was carried away by reading the classics of French literature. He had perseverance and patience, so he persistently, again and again tried various intonations, correcting his pronunciation. And his efforts did not go unnoticed, he became the best student of the class.

Not only literature, but also exhibitions, museums - Depardieu was interesting to everyone.

The beginning of the acting career

1967 for a young man was marked by the fact that he starred in his first film. It was a short film titled "Beatnik and Dude" directed by Roger Lenar, in which Depardieu played the main role.

He was noticed and one after another roles in the pictures went on. And all the characters were different, although each in his own way fell in love. Depardieu played in a comedy called My Dad, a hero, and then there was a role in the melodrama entitled Moon in the Gutter. This role is not limited to the actor. And he plays roles in the historical films "Napoleon", "Vidok" and others. The role in the classic film "Cyrano de Bergerac", he also failed.

The first love and women in life Depardieu

And in the same school in which he studied, Gerard met his first love. The girl was Elizabeth Guignot. A little later, in 1970, she became his first wife. The first and only. If we consider the old photos, young Gerard Depardieu in those days looked very happy.

And although Gerard could not be called an exemplary family man and faithful husband, the couple lived for twenty-six years. And this despite the fact that most of his illegitimate children appeared at that time. Elizabeth suffered everything, she persevered even that Depardieu officially recognized himself as the father of the girl Roxana, who gave birth to the model Karin Sila. In a marriage with Elizabeth, Depardieu had a son Guillaume and a daughter named Julia.

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