2023-06-21 16:16:00
But this time, if he intends to put his career on hold at 58, it is no longer just out of weariness, but because of a big “more important” project.
“I think I’m going to put the acting profession a little aside, he blurted out to our colleagues from the DH at the very end of the interview during the promotion of his new film, On the branch, expected in theaters July 26. I decided to take off on that. I have a very big project, where I will not be an actor. I can’t really talk regarding it, but I submitted my application for a very ambitious project, in which I intend to invest myself. I’m waiting for answers, I’m waiting for a scholarship, so I don’t dare say the name of the foundation for which it was necessary to fulfill conditions and submit an application. If you want, it’s a bit like the Villa Medici, but higher. All I can say is that it’s in the United States. I can’t reveal more, because if I don’t get the scholarship, I’ll look like a jerk or a liar. On the other hand, if I have it, I will brag regarding it, that is clear.
This estrangement from cinema has haunted him for quite some time now. “I’m only thinking regarding that at the moment. I’ve been preparing for this project for quite some time – it’s been two years since I submitted my candidacy – and it allows me to stop working as an actor. It takes time, because we are not alone. It’s international and quite special as a project. It’s a questioning, let’s say that. But I have to respect a certain confidentiality. And if ever I don’t have it, I’ll pass for a jerk. But announcing this project is part of the project.”
Benoît Poelvoorde, photographed in Paris, where he tours a lot. ©© Jean-Claude Cohen / KCS PRESS
Is 60 a good time to change your life? “I hope so. It would be great if I had it: it would be 60 years, indeed. In any case, these are my last interviews: I no longer want to answer questions.
Podium 2: “It’s the revenge of Couscous”
However, he does not hide it, he loves contact with the public. “Even when things aren’t going so well and I’m terrified to go out, people are still very nice to me. It helps me. For me, these discussions are the ultimate recognition, one of the rewards of this profession. People see me as a classmate. The other side of the coin is public transport. I can no longer take the metro in Brussels or Paris, otherwise I’ll get caught. Personally, what I loved regarding public transport – I didn’t get my driver’s license until I was 27, when my wife was tired of driving me everywhere – was meeting lots of people and discuss. Today, the discussion is immediately regarding me, and not regarding the others. I love chatting with people, but if it only revolves around me, which doesn’t really interest me, very quickly people only talk to me regarding cinema, even though I don’t care. I’m quite curious regarding what people do. If it is limited to me, very quickly, we just take a picture, which I do with pleasure, but there is no exchange, because directly someone else asks me the same thing and talks to me just cinema. Personally, I prefer to talk regarding the cash register with a cashier. The advantage of staying in the same place all the time is that they no longer ask me for a photo, since they see me every day.”
Before possibly taking the crossroads (we must remain cautious, given his background), Benoît Poelvoorde is not giving up (yet?) on his next roles. Podium 2, for example, is still relevant. “He is in writing. I read the first version, currently in correction. I’ll give you a scoop: I’ll be there, but the story is more regarding Couscous (the Polnareff fan played by Jean-Paul Rouve, editor’s note): it’s Couscous’ revenge.
We are curious to find out what will be that of Benoît Poelvoorde when he gives details of his famous project for the future.
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