Thrown into uncertainty by the tragic death of star Gaspard Ulliel, production on Betrand Bonello’s “The Beast” will still go forward, the director confirmed to Variety. Bonello and Ulliel recently…
Variety
A sci-fi melodrama set in 1910, 2014 and 2044 and dealing with questions of reincarnation and technology, “The Beast” was set to reunite Léa Seydoux and Gaspar Ulliel, who both starred in Bonello’s 2014 biopic “Saint Laurent.” Bonello wrote the sweeping project with both actors in mind and planned to start shooting in April.
Bonello wrote “Coma” during France’s January 2021 lockdown, shooting in own house with a small crew and limited means. In one of his final roles, Ulliel voices a child’s doll, which — in a turn reflective of the project’s nightmarish approach to mixed media — ends up reciting some of Donald Trump’s more famously unhinged tweets.