One can’t compare the two events but 2008 has been somewhat of unexpected loss of young talent in the film industry. Following the headlines that made covers early this year: “January 22, 2008 – Actor Heath Ledger dies at 28”, yesterday’s news came of no lesser shock.Actor Guillaume Depardieu (son of Gerard Depardieu) starred in a number of films since the beginning of the nineties and in 1996 won the prize as the most promising young actor at the César awards, France's equivalent of the Academy Awards, for his role in the film 'Les Apprentis' (The Apprentices). In 1999 he starred in Pola X (1999) (Leos Carax) alongside Catherine Deneuve, a film based on the Herman Melville novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities. Guillaume’s short lived life wasn’t all peace, he was known for his rebellious streak (speeding, drugs, and a conviction for drink-driving) along with the unfortunate amputation of his right leg in 2003 to end years of pain from a bacterial infection following a motorcycle accident in 1996 did little to ease him. News has it that Guillaume had been hospitalized in a western Paris suburb overnight from Sunday to Monday after contracting a virus that developed into a "devastating case of pneumonia".
Currently he can be seen in the film “Versailles” (Pierre Schöller) showing in French cinemas.
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