What that article doesn’t directly mention, but wikipedia goes into, is that Depardieu has admitted to rape as a young man and was pretty fucking dismissive of the concept at age thirty (in 1978).
He’s a talented actor. Also a piece of shit.
This certainly puts a new spin on his performance as a bumbling HR rep in Le Placard.
I’m with RitterSport. I can’t see him as talented.
He was actually convicted, so, yeah, guilty as hell.
It’s been known for decades that he holds, and described publicly, reprehensible views on rape and sexual assault. The only sorrow I have is that it took this long for karma to finally catch up to him.