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Video: Gerard Depardieu Reenacts His Peeing In Plane Incident
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 16, 2012
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Because Gerard Depardieu will be playing a Dominique Strauss-Kahn-type figure in an upcoming film by Abel Ferrara, it's important to see why Depardieu is considered one of the greatest French actors of all time. For instance, here he is, reliving his infamous pissing-all-over-a-plane incident from last year—he even reenacted how the flight attendant freaked out!
Depardieu apparently had prostate problems. At least it wasn't...Depardoo. [Via Best Week Ever]
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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