Biopics are always a lie somehow.
Still, the Edouard Deluc-directed film is anchored in reality.
Enough that, to avoid looking stupid while holding a brush on camera, he took up painting lessons.
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For the whole movie, I was painting, he recalls.
It was a way for me to stay in character, and I got pretty obsessed.
I thought, well, maybe thats something Im going to keep on doing!
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It was always about the present of the guy.
Cassel anticipated an issue with casting, and he requested an older actress play the role.
And thats not what the director wanted.
Things that were kind of normal at the time are totally unbearable right now, which is an evolution.
At the time, I dont think they were thinking about that too much.
It was somewhat too much of a problem in itself to keep it at the center of the movie.
I dont think it looks that strange the way its presented, he says.
But that doesnt matter much to the man at its center.
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahitiopens in theaters July 11.
Watch the exclusive trailer for the film above, and check out a new poster below.
