Months of rumors, photographs taken, some “yes, it’s all true” from ordinary people in the know. But from today there is confirmation of the person concerned. Monica Bellucci’s interview given by Elle Franceconfirms: “I love Tim Burton. He is my life partner.” The rumor of “fantastic love at first sight” – as Paris Match defined it – began to circulate as early as February last year, but was accompanied by the couple’s absolute restraint.
Now Bellucci herself has dispelled all doubts, pointing to the American director as her ideal soul mate. “This is one of those meetings that rarely happens in life, I know this person, I love him, and now I’m going to meet with the director. Start a new adventure. I love Tim. And I have a lot of respect for Tim Burton,” said the Italian diva in an interview. In fact, they are ready to work together: Filming for ‘Beetlejuice 2’ is about to begin directed by Burton, in which Monica plays the role of the protagonist’s wife.
Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton first met in 2006 in Cannes, which has always been a special place for Bellucci: she was in fact the first Italian to be entrusted with the role of the godmother of the Festival on the occasion of the 56th edition. But love blossomed in 2022 in Lyon.where they met again on the occasion of the Lumiere Film Festival. Both have two ended marriages and children behind them: the actress was married to Vincent Cassel from 1999 to 2013, and the director divorced his wife and actress Helena Bonham Carter in 2014, whom he married in 2001.
For an actress of Umbrian origin, muse of the greatest international photographers, on the eve of his 60th birthday (it will be exactly two years later), a new sentimental-cinematic season begins: the protagonist of dozens of films, not always hyped with full appreciation by the most irreconcilable critics, is now preparing to become a director of one of the great masters of cinema.