Dressers, makeup artists, hairdressers or production assistants, nine women reveal “inappropriate” comments and gestures on the part of actor Gérard Darmon in an investigation published by Politis.
“Humiliations”, “sexist insults”, “permanent feeling of insecurity” and even “proposals of a sexual nature” or even “non-consensual contact”. In an investigation published this Wednesday, November 27 by the weekly Politisnine women give damning testimonies. In their sights, the famous 76-year-old actor, Gérard Darmon, who himself also supported a certain Gérard Depardieu by signing a controversial column almost a year ago. Contacted by Politisthe main person concerned denies the comments and actions with which he is accused.
The facts reported date back to recent years, the oldest dating from 2018. They took place on six different shoots. For four of them, members of the production would have warned the women most often brought into contact with the actor, namely the dressers, hairdressers and makeup artists, as well as the third assistant director . “The production told me that his hands were wandering and that I had to be careful,” confides a technician who affirms that on the set of the film Let’s love each other alives, which will be released in theaters in 2025, “no woman should be alone with him”.
“It’s okay, we’re in France, there’s no MeToo here”
After refusing him several times, a film school student then intern on a shoot in which the actor was taking part explains having told him that she was the age of his children, which Gérard Darmon would not have appreciated . She then describes a change in tone from the actor towards her, and even insults. “He spoke to me extremely badly. He said to me: ‘Hello female dog, would you prefer that I call you female dog or little slut?'” confided to Politis the one who has since filed a complaint against the production for non-protection.
“These are relationships of control of a person who is all-powerful and who knows that if she leaves, the film stops,” analyzes another woman, who also reports questionable behavior of the actor towards her . “It’s okay, we’re in France, there’s no MeToo here,” Gérard Darmon would have said one day to one of the women who testify to facts dating back to the beginnings of the MeToo movement, born in 2017, in the United States. . “We didn’t talk much, but I looked at you [sic] when you didn’t know it. And I liked it. See you soon. Gérard Darmon”, would have signed the actor in the notebook of a technician who, at the end of filming party, would have suggested that the entire team leave him a note. Politis reports that around ten other women also testified before asking not to appear in the investigation, fearing in particular for their professional future.