Gaspard Ulliel(1984-2022)

The scar on his left cheek was the result of a doberman's attack when Gaspard was 6 years old. He attempted to ride the dog like a horse and he hit Gaspard's face with his claws, which left him with a little scar that looked like a dimple. Gaspard used to say that the scar helped to express feelings in his acting. His scar was used as a plot device in several films, but he considered the most memorable scene the one featured in A Very Long Engagement (2004), where Audrey Tautou's character runs her finger across Gaspard's scar when they're saying goodbye to each other when he's leaving for the war. Ulliel's obituary in the French newspaper ''Libération'' described him as having the "most famous scar in French cinema".

I began at twelve years old, but in fact I began really by chance. It was a friend of a friend of my mother's who was opening an agency, and she was looking for young kids. And so I entered the agency, but more by curiosity than real passion. And at first I had some small parts in TV movies - in fact my parents didn't want me to miss school, so I was working just once or twice a year. And I had a really regular progression - and this is really pleasant, I think - because I had small parts in TV movies, then bigger parts in TV movies, and then small parts in films. And I think this allows you to get...experience of the set and to get familiar with [the process]. And as I had a really slow progression, I think it really helped me to stay lucid and not get carried away.