![]() ![]() ![]() It was, he says: “Stupid, difficult, hard. Reno, right, with Jean-Marc Barr in The Big Blue (1988). Aged 17, after the death of his mother, he decided to go to France and, in order to get citizenship, did a year’s military service in Wittlich, Germany. He was born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez to Andalucían parents and spent his childhood in Casablanca, Morocco. Ironically for someone called on by Hollywood to embody Gallic savoir-faire, Reno isn’t even really French. I understand – they do not have time for sentiment.” “If you don’t follow the road they prepare for you, they change and take someone else. But he is relaxed about the reductive Hollywood thinking that often winds up slotting European heavyweights like him into such pantomime. It’s another notch for him in a run of Eurovillains that includes Rollerball, Alex Cross and, last year, Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods. He has a Yan Pei-Ming and a Pierre Soulages, but his fee for The Doorman didn’t stretch far enough for him to achieve “the dream” – a Magritte. “I like art, but only if I can look at it every day – that’s very important,” he says. He is an art-lover in real life, but is not, like his character, quite ready to kill for it. “Ruby! I liked her.” Reno commends her kick-ass capabilities, but barely lifts a finger himself, marshalling a band of mercenaries as they try to recover a cache of old masters. “Ruby,” I say, referring to his co-star Ruby Rose. “I liked the story, and then to do the villain again – why not? And the girl, what’s her name? I’m very bad with names. It’s serviceable fun, no more, and Reno doesn’t pretend otherwise. He fills the bad guy slot on The Doorman, a new Die Hard-cribbing martial arts film that sets an art heist within the confines of a New York hotel. Photograph: David Lee/NetflixĮven at this stage in his career, his name has enough currency to get him through Hollywood’s door. Reno, centre, in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods. “Thinking about the past and ageing: What am I going to do? I’m old, I don’t have much time, and if the virus catches me, I’m dead.” “With the virus, everybody is making introspection,” he says, with philosophical Francophone syntax. But it hasn’t stopped the melancholia closing in. He has been busy during the pandemic, on a six-month filming stint in Vigo, Galicia on a Spanish-language detective series for Amazon. Yet here he is, caught at an extreme Dutch angle on my laptop screen, fuller-faced than back then, but otherwise hale. If you’re French, then he’s doubly part of the woodwork: in 1993, he played time-travelling knight Godefroy Amaury de Malfête in Les Visiteurs, a film that is a national institution. He already seemed timeless, providing grizzled, existentially marinated cool-for-hire in numerous Hollywood blockbusters. It finds John Wilson covertly and obsessively filming the lives of fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics.Īt time of writing, these TV shows all score at least 70 on Metacritic.Maybe because he is fixed in our minds at the time he became world-famous in his mid-40s as a gauche hitman in Léon: The Professional, it is strange thinking of Jean Reno as the age he now is: 72. How To with John Wilson, season 3 premiere (2020- ): Docuseries.It features Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and a whole cast of heroes and villains from the DC Universe. Harley Quinn, season 4 premiere (2019- ): Adult animated series.HGTV superstars and one celebrated Food Network chef transform a Southern California home into a real-life Barbie Dreamhouse. Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, premiere (2023- ): Reality competition series hosted by Ashley Graham.It focuses on the next generation of talented female filmmakers who are given the chance to direct a feature film. Project Greenlight: A New Generation, season 1 premiere (2023- ): Reboot executive produced by Issa Rae.An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City. Full Circle, premiere (2023): Miniseries directed by Steven Soderbergh.It illuminates how, when a serial killer preyed on New York City's gay men in the 1990s, the LGBTQ+ community fought to solve the murders and demand fair treatment of queer crime victims. Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York, premiere (2023): Docuseries.It follows a 20-something Clark Kent (voiced by The Boys' Jack Quaid) as he builds his secret identity as Superman and explores his own mysterious origins. My Adventures with Superman, season 1 premiere (2023- ): Animated series.It's a revealing portrait of Shaun White, one of the greatest athletes in snowboarding and skateboarding. Shaun White: The Last Run, premiere (2023): Docuseries. ![]()
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