Samuel Benchetrit to announce shock retirement?
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Sad news for Benchetrit fans. Speculation had been rife that the French author best known for I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster or Janis and John, will announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 51, with immediate effect.
UPDATE 01/03/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
Being an author isn't fun anymore
“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being an author-actor-screenwriter-director just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.
#ThankYouSamuel
For a little while on Friday evening, #ThankYouSamuel was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.
“You’ve accomplished everything I ever dreamed of #ThankYouSamuel.”
— @DesireePlum, 28 Feb 2025
“Benchetrit wasn't retired?”
— @borisB0, 28 Feb 2025
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