HE has been hit by a string of shocking allegations of sexual assault over the past few years.
But I can reveal that embattled French actor Gerard Depardieu is making his big screen comeback in an adventure-thriller called Travel Agents.
Production on the project, which has an £85million budget, is due to begin later this summer and it will be his first time making a film since he was arrested for rape in 2021.
Gerard, has been cast in a major role in the flick, which is loosely inspired by the life of Austrian entrepreneur Jurgen Pichler, who is better known as the singer Trickster and who will act as an executive producer as well as starring in the movie himself.
I’m told that Travel Agents will be similar to Wolf Of Wall Street and Catch Me If You Can, with a plot involving secret agents infiltrating a drug empire followed by a cat-and-mouse chase across the globe.
A source said: “This will be a major return for Gerard as he hasn’t starred in a big film in a while.
“He is excited to put the past few years behind him and get back to doing what he loves.
“Trickster, who the film is based on, has flown out to Cannes Film Festival to officially announce it this week. He has an extremely colourful past so it is bound to be a nail-biting movie.”
Although many may be outraged about Gerard’s casting, others will be celebrating, as more than 50 prominent French figures including Carla Bruni denounced his “lynching” last year and said he “is probably the greatest of all actors”.
Trickster has been writing and releasing music for the past two years with Guy Chambers, best known for writing hits such as Rock DJ, Angels and Let Me Entertain You with Robbie Williams.
Guy is expected to work on the soundtrack for the movie and is in talks to make a cameo.
A song titled Red Flag, which they both worked on and released earlier this year, is understood to be central to the film.
Fashion models Alexandra Pekarkova and Monika Jakisic have also been cast in the film, which will be shot in Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Spain, the Dominican Republic and the UK.
I love a good spy thriller and this one really does sound mad.
Getting Gerard on board will certainly get people paying attention – for better or worse.
