For years, a phrase was repeated about Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel: she was “too beautiful” for him. The comparison fueled questions about what brought them together, but their story began in 1996, during the filming of The Apartment: the chemistry between their characters spilled over into real life.
They married in 1999 and had two daughters, Deva and Léonie. They also shared the screen in several projects, including Irreversible, a film that sparked controversy for its content. Bellucci once described Cassel with a brief phrase: “Vincent is Paris”.
In August 2013, they announced their separation by mutual agreement, after 14 years of marriage. The story that some reduced to a difference in attractiveness also involved shared film shoots, a family, and a relationship that lasted more than a decade.
