SAY IT IN FRENCH / GASPARD ULLIEL for THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE

The French actor and OhLaLa favorite Gaspard Ulliel does a one-man show, piling on the best of the season’s nouvelle vague looks for the New York Style magazine photographed by Paolo Roversi. Click on the photos for the full size.

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Gaspard Ulliel’s only American production so far is the 2007 film ‘‘Hannibal Rising,’’ but the 25-year-old won the 2005 César award for most promising newcomer; has starred alongside leading ladies like Isabelle Huppert, Audrey Tautou and Vera Farmiga; and recently filmed Bertrand Tavernier’s medieval love story, ‘‘La Princesse de Montpensier.’’ He strayed from acting last year, to appear in a Longchamp campaign with Kate Moss, but don’t expect to see him on the runways anytime soon.

‘‘I’m not really a model,’’ he says. ‘‘When I’m doing a photo shoot, I’m not playing a part. I’m just trying to be myself."


The actor found Paolo Roversi’s way of shooting this story, using digital video and then selecting still images, a stimulating challenge. ‘‘When you’re posing, usually you change your attitude when you hear the shutter click,’’ he says. ‘‘Here I never really knew when the picture was taken. It was odd but fun.’’ Read more ...

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