Depardieu Covers Alexandre Dumas
The ubiquitous French actor takes the role of France's most famous man of color.
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The ubiquitous French actor takes on a controversial role as France's most famous man of color.
The ubiquitous French actor takes on a controversial role of France's most famous man of color.
Alexandre Dumas played by a white actor? That’s the controversial role the ubiquitous French actor Gerard Depardieu has taken on in a new film called The Other Dumas. Dumas, author of such famous novels as “The Count of Monte Cristo” and “The Three Musketeers,” was the grandson of a freed Haitian slave and a French nobleman, but that hasn’t stopped Depardieu, France’s busiest actor, from playing Dumas.
The blue-eyed blond actor darkened his skin and donned a curly-hair wig for his starring role, triggering a heated debate in France, which is currently struggling with issues of race and identity. Depardieu called the debate over his role “ridiculous” and “unnecessary.”
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