Gerard Depardieu displays frame as he strips off for stage show in Buenos Aires

He as soon as confessed he can down as many as 14 bottles of wine a day earlier than admitting he had given up the booze in 2016.

And French star Gerard Depardieu confirmed off his portly body as he took to the stage in Argentina.

The 68-year-old actor obtained a bit sizzling underneath the collar throughout rehearsals on the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, stripping off his shirt as he ran by means of his strains.

Stripped off: French star Gerard Depardieu confirmed off his portly body as she took to the stage in Argentina

Gerard moved concerning the stage in nothing however his denims held up with braces, which stretched throughout his sizable abdomen.

The warmth contained in the theatre appeared to get an excessive amount of for the actor, as he used a towel to wipe sweat from his forehead throughout a break. 

The actor was rehearsing for his two evening present on the Buenos Aires venue in December, which noticed him present a free Grasp-Class for actors and theater followers.

It is getting sizzling in right here: The 68-year-old actor obtained a bit sizzling underneath the collar throughout rehearsals on the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, stripping off his shirt as he ran by means of his strains

And scene: Gerard moved concerning the stage in nothing however his denims held up with braces, which stretched throughout his sizable abdomen

Working arduous: The actor was rehearsing for his two evening present on the Buenos Aires venue in December, which noticed him present a free Grasp-Class for actors and theater followers

The French actor interpreted scenes of Cyrano de Bergerac, Ruy Blas and the Carnival of the Animals accompanied by a reside orchestra in the course of the present.

Gerard famously claimed in a 2014 interview that he generally drinks as much as 14 bottles of wine a day however insisted in 2016 that he has now given up the booze.

'I haven't been ingesting for a while now. I actually not like drunkenness,' he advised le Parisien newspaper.

Two years earlier, the star detailed his heavy ingesting, which proved that not even a quintuple coronary heart bypass operation 16 years in the past had tempered his fondness for a tipple, nor a critical bike crash whereas over the authorized restrict.

Sizzling and sticky: The warmth contained in the theatre appeared to get an excessive amount of for the actor, as he used a towel to wipe sweat from his forehead throughout a break

Cooling off: The actor wiped his neck with the towel as he stopped for a second

Letting all of it hang around: The stage and display screen star definitely put the work in

The Frenchman's fondness for wine is such that he runs his personal award-winning winery within the Medoc.

He advised French journal So Movie in 2014: 'I can't drink like a traditional particular person. I can soak up 12, 13, 14 bottles per day.

'Within the morning, it begins at residence with champagne or purple wine earlier than 10am, then once more champagne.'

Buttoning up: Gerard spent a number of the rehearsal in a white shirt earlier than stripping off

Working strains: The French actor interpreted scenes of Cyrano de Bergerac, Ruy Blas and the Carnival of the Animals accompanied by a reside orchestra in the course of the present

Fan of a tipple: Gerard famously claimed in a 2014 interview that he generally drinks as much as 14 bottles of wine a day

Well being: Even a quintuple coronary heart bypass operation 16 years in the past doesn't appear to have tempered the actor's ingesting, nor a critical bike crash whereas over the authorized restrict

Wine connoisseur: The Frenchman's fondness for wine is such that he runs his personal award-winning winery within the Medoc

Gerard mentioned he breaks up the wine consumption with a bit aniseed liqueur pastis. He added: 'Then meals, accompanied by two bottles of wine.

'Within the afternoon, champagne, beer and extra pastis at round 5pm, to complete off the bottle. In a while, vodka and/or whisky. However I'm by no means completely drunk, just a bit p*****d.

'All you want is a 10-minute nap and voila, a slurp of rose wine and I really feel as recent as a daisy. Anyway, I'm not going to die. Not now. I nonetheless have power.' 

Boast: He advised French journal So Movie: 'I can't drink like a traditional particular person. I can soak up 12, 13, 14 bottles per day

Routine: Gerard mentioned he breaks up the wine consumption with a bit aniseed liqueur pastis. He added: 'Then meals, accompanied by two bottles of wine

Knock it again: Gerard appeared to stay to water in the course of the rehearsal, cooling off with a gulp

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