If in the film Jean maintains complex relationships with the female characters, Alain Delon, for his part, wove on the set a deep friendship with Simone Signoret. At the time, the actress of The Devilish Ones was going through a difficult period, marked by tensions in her marriage with Yves Montandfor whom she had left everything. He maintained a famous affair with Marilyn Monroewhom he had met on the set of the film The billionaire, which plunged Signoret into deep distress and into alcoholismFortunately for the actress, she quickly found in Delon a confident, as reported TV Star.
On the set of the show Tea or coffee In 2018, Alain Delon confided in the touching relationship he had with Simone Signoret:
When I was filming with her, I would accompany her to her room at night, put her to bed and sit next to her until she fell asleep.
He added: “She told me about her life. I can tell it now, because everyone knows it. (the Montand-Monroe adventure, Editor’s note), she was crying and she said to me: ‘But you know, he was so happy, it made me so happy.’ It had upset me“A sincere friendship that shows a very touching aspect of Alain Delon’s controversial personality.
