A French version of Beauty and the Beast, set to drop in 2014, may sound like the lamest thing ever, but if you know ANYTHING about French movies and ANYTHING about Vincent Cassel, and it is safe to say this telling of this classic tale could be a bit messed up and worth looking into.
The Danny Boyle thriller with Cassel called Trance is available in some areas on-demand right now, and though I expected more from both Danny Boyle AND Vincent Cassel working together (the thought of the pairing, before I had seen the movie, was definite source for a movie boner, so there is no way they would have been able to live up to it), Trance is still a well-crafted thriller, and worth seeing for the scene when Cassel has only half a face. I had to include the pic up there because it was too cool not to share, and anyone who wants to tell me it is a spoiler, that shot is in the trailer, so I don’t have any guilt.
In short, if you haven’t done so already, you need to check out Vincent Cassel’s amazing filmography. I think you will find that he really is one of the under-appreciated gems of modern acting.
The fact that I just called him a “gem” may really undermine all two-thousand words that came before it.
