He was an unwanted child and ran away from home: Depardieu’s childhood was unenviable

Gérard Depardieu’s childhood was incredibly difficult, sometimes even dangerous.

And the actor’s parents are to blame for that.

He hadn’t really been born yet, and his life was already in danger.

His own mother wanted to get rid of him while the baby was still in his mother’s womb.

Depardieu’s parents were ordinary, low-income farmers.

When the woman became pregnant, the family already had two children.

The parents understood that it would be even more difficult for them to feed themselves.

So the mother decided to get rid of the child.

To do this, she even pierced her stomach with knitting needles, but despite everyone else, the child survived.

That was too heavy having the burden, and which caused the father of the actor to drink a lot.

Therefore, already at the age of 14, little Gerard ran away from home and got into serious trouble.

He stole, robbed graves and engaged in prostitution, and the young man’s clients were mostly respectable men.

But Depardieu was able to see the chance that fate offered him.

Together with his friend, he accidentally took acting lessons, so.

Which allowed him to become the most famous and highest paid French actor.

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