There are a couple of biopics of Yves Saint Laurent in the works, and now one of them has moved forward with the news that 28-year-old French actor Gaspard Ulliel (Hannibal) will play him. The film will concentrate on the early days of the fashion designer’s career and the launch of the YSL brand, which during the 60s and 70s became one of the most innovative fashion houses in the world. Bertrand Bonello (House Of Tolerance) is set to direct, with plans to shoot next spring.
Saint Laurent was, of course, gay, although it isn’t clear how far the biopic will go into that. That said, unlike some tales, it would be tough to disentangle Yves Saint Laurent’s love life from the rest of his story without outright lying. The designer met and fell in love with industrialist Pierre Berge in 1958, and they launched the YSL fashion house together 1961, running it together for several decades. They split in 1976, but remained close for the rest of Saint Laurent’s life, entering a civil partnership together just before the designer died in 2008.
There is another film about the designer in the works, which is said to concentrate of the ups and down of the relationship between Saint Laurent and Berge. That film has the backing of Berge himself, who hasn’t given his blessing or support to the one starring Ulliel (although that doesn’t mean he necessarily disapproves, just that he’s made a deal regarding the other one). (Source: Telegraph)
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