Vincent Cassel. The story of a Frenchman who conquered one of the most beautiful women in the world - Monica Bellucci

Vincent Cassel is an actor of French descent who is quite popular in Hollywood and has a very memorable appearance. Nevertheless, the public is more known to Kassel's ex-wife Monica Bellucci than Vincent himself. How did the actor's career develop over the years and what does he do after the divorce?

Vincent Cassel: photo, early years

Vincent was born in Paris on November 23rd. His father was the famous French actor Jean Kassel. In addition to Vincent, the family had another child - also a boy. The brothers of Cassel in his youth were fond of hip-hop.

Asked by journalists what it's like to be the son of a celebrity, Vincent Cassel replied that he never worried about his father's status. On the contrary, his father's knowledge was useful to him, when Vincent decided to go headlong into the acting profession.

However, the young man did not get to the set. He lived in a nice district of Paris, went to the best school. And then I decided to enter a circus school. But after a year of training, Kassel Jr. realized that "a circus is not his occupation."

After dropping his training, Vincent went to New York and began his acting career there.

Vincent Cassel: Filmography. The first films

In his first film, Cassel starred in 1991. He was already 25 years old. Then Vincent Cassel received a small role in the French film "Keys from Paradise."

A year later Kassel appeared in the American TV series, as well as in the comedy "Hot Chocolate".

Then there was a series of unnoticed by the critics, until Kassel received the main role in the drama Kassovitsa "Hatred." When the director invited the Frenchman to appear in the picture about the adolescents of the suburbs of Paris, Kassel appreciated the script of the film, but doubted that he would cope with the role of an angry Jewish boy who walks the streets of the ghetto with a pistol. However, Mathieu Kassowitz was adamant, and Kassel received his first starring role, for which he was awarded the "Cesar" award.

Quite scandalous was the film "Irreversible", where Kassel filmed with his wife - Monica Bellucci. In addition to the fact that his wife was raped at the very beginning of the film, so also the director Gaspard Noe asked the couple to take real sex in the frame. However, Kassel does not see anything strange in this, and with characteristic irony speaks about shooting in the film.

"Black Swan"

Vincent Kassel often starred in Hollywood. He was a member of the shooting of "Joan of Arc" with Milla Jovovich in the title role, appeared in the "Ocean's Twelve Friends" and "Ocean's Thirteen Friends" in the role of Francois Tulur.

One of the most striking works in the career of the actor can be called the role of choreographer Tom in Darren Aranofsky's drama "The Black Swan". The film received an Oscar, and Kassel only strengthened its position in the world cinema. According to the plot, he is a cruel and demanding director, who planned to stage the "Black Swan" on the stage. He dismisses all pretenders without a trace of regret and stops his choice on the shy Nina. Nina admirably manages to play a white swan, but the parties of the black swan look inexpressive. Then Tom uses the whole set of psychological tricks to "pull" out of the girl the right emotions. Nina brilliantly dances at the premiere, but after that goes mad with psychological stress.

"The beauty and the Beast"

Vincent Cassel, whose filmography consists of quite diverse paintings, in 2014, starred in the film fantasy "Beauty and the Beast." Of course, he again got the role of villain (Beast). Kassel is no longer surprised that in Hollywood he is offered to play only negative characters. Vincent confesses in an interview that he is trying so hard to work on a confidant in a negative way, that he looks even more attractive than a positive hero.

In the new production of "Beauty and the Beast" the role of Belle went to Leia Seydou - another famous French actress. The director of the fairy tale was Christophe Gahn, who also made a picture of "Silent Hill" and "The Book of the Dead."

In addition to Seydou and Kassel, Andre Dussolier (Amelie), Eduardo Noriega (Transsiberian Express) and Yvonne Cutterfeld were also involved in the fairy tale.

Personal life

Vincent Cassel, whose personal life, of course, worries the public, was married only once - on the actress of Italian origin Monica Bellucci. In 2004, they had their first daughter, and in 2010 - the second. The couple stood together for thirteen years, but then parted.

Vincent admits that when he saw Monica for the first time, he could not not fall in love with her. She reminded him of the heroines of cult films Federico Fellini. After the wedding, the couple did not sit still: the stars lived in Italy, then in France, then in Rio de Janeiro. However, there were times when Vincent and Monica existed separately from each other. But on the set the family couple met more than once: "Irreversibility", "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and so on.

It was a strange marriage: it was hard to understand what was holding the two together. According to Kassel, Monica and he had different friends, they often lived in different countries, the tastes also did not match. It turns out that the actors just wanted to live together, and when interest to each other disappeared - parted. Now Monica is not in a hurry to get a new boyfriend, and Kassel is still alone.