Talk:Gérard Depardieu

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There are now two pages for Depardieu: Gérard Depardieu and Gerard Depardieu, both with text. User:Renata

No problem. The way to deal with this is to turn one into a redirect to the other, and merge the text. -- Tarquin

This problem has been fixed. olivier 19:16, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)

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The link for Les Miserables at the bottom leads to the page on the novel. Shouldn't it link to a separate page on the film?--User:Jenmoa 02:14, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Found a link to the (non-existent) article on the film on the novel's page, so I changed the link here to match that --User:Jenmoa 06:22, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Rape accusations

Should we make note of the "Depardieu is a rapist" furor?

A French teacher of mine used this as an example of idiomatic mistranslation: supposedly Depardieu had said j'ai assisté à un viol, meaning he'd witnessed a rape, but the translator assumed he meant he'd participated in a rape.

But I'm not sure if this version of events is totally accurate. Can anyone comment?

• I absolutley remember an article about him in which he stated that he and others participated in a rape of a woman in a Paris subway station. His tone was not one of regret just matter of fact. It was in the early 1990's. I do not remember the article name but I will never forget that.-71.28.243.246 06:06, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Here is a link that isn't broken. The article cites a Times article where Depardieu supposedly admits to rape.

But then on the IMDB bio, it says the Times article made a translation error.

Couldn't find a source that proves the translation was bad, rather than just stating it. It's pretty fantastic that someone would admit to a rape though. 70.66.9.162 17:08, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Other Interests

Shouldn't there be mention of his other interests outside acting? Maybe something about his vineyards and wine? He is also co-owner of the restaurant La Fontaine Gaillon in Paris, and author of the books My Cookbook (2005), Vivant (2004), and Lettres Volees (1998).

Merge

I don't think Depardieu needs a seperate filmography page, surely only his more notable films need be listed, if all have to be listed they can still be accomodated on his main page. --RMHED 22:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Awards

Something must be done with the Awards section. It looks as though someone ran the entire thing through Babelfish translator...which very well may be the case. D. Guinness 02:17, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Untimely death

Because he's dead. Maybe more will happen now. --140.203.12.243 (talk) 19:54, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

No, he's not dead. His son Guillaume, aged 37, died. -- JackofOz (talk) 20:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Mass confusion today. Several people, including established editors, though he had died and made edits about his death. It was his son. I created a template to clarify this. After about 24-48 hours, it might be removed after the confusion is cleared up. Chergles (talk) 21:31, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I reverted this because I doubt it's a good idea to advertise to the mischievous tendency, and the wording in the template is ambiguous anyway. Hopefully it'll all cool down very shortly. --Rodhullandemu 21:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Other film

¿Wasn't there a cavemen comedy movie he starred in? I saw it.

It was called RRRrrrrr... and should be in his filmography

The film that discovered him was "Les valseuses" in 1972. It should be mentionned —Preceding unsigned comment added by Explosif219 (talk • contribs) 22:42, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Divorce

Gerald's page says he divorced Elizabeth. Hers says she divorced him. Shouldn't the language convey who sought the divorce?

If it was by mutual consent that could also be said, or you could use neutral language if you think it doesn't matter who was initiated the proceedings, but otherwise, shouldn't the article indicate who divorced whom? At least the implications people might draw from one article or the other should be cleared up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.10.198.138 (talk) 22:59, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Career Section

His movie career needs to be greatly expanded! He is arguably the most internationally recognized French actors alive today and there is a lot more written about his personal controversies than about his work which is why he is notable to begin with. Aa1232011 (talk) 20:32, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Plane incident

I've removed:

In 2011, he was refused access to the toilet on a plane and urinated in a bottle that overflowed and spilled[1] on the floor of a plane prior to departure. The plane returned to the terminal and he was refused permission to travel.[2]

I'm very concerned here about undue weight. The incident got a bit of media coverage presumably because it was unusual and happened to a well-known figure, but in the end the story is a minor incident. However, in the article as it stands, that means that this minor incident is given considerable weight, as for some reason almost nothing is said about his career: he's made over a hundred films, and won or been nominated for major awards, and yet the career section is three short paragraphs. :) This is making it heavily weighted towards two minor controversies, this one and Binoche, and I'm not comfortable with that large a discrepancy. - Bilby (talk) 21:22, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Completely unfair. This is something relevant and current, and people who hear of the incident will want to find it on wikipedia. Such 'whitewashing' of a personality is one of the reasons why this encyclopedia continues to have disputed credibility. 76.10.138.19 (talk) 03:21, 2 September 2011 (UTC)