The story of Georges Gay is one of those that deserves to be explained in schools so that the youngest can learn a lesson. But we adults can also learn a lot from it, as it is the personal demonstration that one can be reborn. His name may not sound familiar to many, but stay tuned, you will soon be able to see him in a small appearance in The Money Heist. And if they have seen the movie Poltergay (2006) will have been able to verify his acting skills. However, as he confesses to The vanguard and explains in his book I will go towards my happiness (Equateurs), when he made that film, he was going through the worst moment of his life.
George used hard drugs on a daily basis. A reality that his acquaintances could not understand, since he was at the peak of his career. She lived in Paris, she had paraded as a model on big catwalks and her great passion was beginning to emerge both in the cinema and in the theater. However, he explains to this medium, “I felt empty and for feeling that way I punished myself by consuming more. It was a fish that bit its tail ”.
I felt empty and for feeling that way I punished myself by consuming more. It was a fish that bit its tail “
But how did it all start? “I had just arrived in Paris. It was all new for me, I came from Orleans and coming to the capital seemed like the most. Especially because I was going to fulfill my dream, that of being an actor. Something that I wanted strongly from the age of nine ”. The truth is that Gay had all the ingredients to be happy. “But he was very young, he was alone in a huge sea and he was full of insecurities. The latter was what ended up leading to my downfall, ”he acknowledges. And with this mixture of sensations came the heroine, right at the debut of her first professional play, Cyrano de Bergerac, which she will never forget.
“I don’t even know how I did it, but after a few crazy months I managed to get rid of this drug. I was afraid of spoiling everything and that it would make me return to my hometown, so the desire to act was stronger and I unhooked. The universe had given me the opportunity to start over. The problem is that I surrounded myself with very bad company that ended up making me fall into cocaine. With this one I really fell into the depths ”. And after the cocaine came crack and with both the loss of his life, his career and his universe.
I surrounded myself with very bad company that ended up making me fall into cocaine “
Spain was his salvation, he explains to this medium. More specifically Catalunya, because it is here where his family told him that he would have his last chance if he really wanted to get well. “I didn’t have friends here, nor did my camels around, so if this didn’t work anymore, surely nothing could do it anymore. […] The truth is that I suffered a lot, especially the first few months. But it was here that I regained my dignity and a hobby that helped me to be reborn: yoga. I was able to feel happy again, be excited, feel my body and my mind healthy, open my heart, thank, forgive, ask for forgiveness, breathe, observe and, above all, let flow ”.
The fear of acting again was inevitable. More than a love-hate relationship, it could be said that it was mistrust, because it was in that environment that he ended up losing himself. However, time showed that the passion for the stage was much stronger than all this. She steeled herself, and with the help of her great friend from youth, Marion Cotillard, she returned to the ring. And so to date.
Acting again was a challenge for Georges, but it was inevitable to deny that it was still his great passion
“Now I have dared to tell it. I do not claim nor am I in a position to give moralizing lessons to anyone. I simply tell my experience and how my life was shattered. My friends told me that my past was behind me and to forget about it. But not. I needed to explain and try, as far as I can, to contribute my grain of sand. Only that it manages to awaken a conscience will make all sense ”. His next challenges are clear to him: “trying to publish the book in Spanish, turn it into a play and, above all, live.”
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