Tim Burton’s passionate quote reveals his true feelings for Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci is one of the most beautiful actresses and she is no stranger to compliments. It is quite possible that she did not pay attention to these words of Tim Burton, spoken 10 years ago, and even then the director almost confessed his love for her.

“I’m crazy about Monica Bellucci.” I dream of being stuck in an elevator with her. She is so beautiful…” Burton told French weekly Gala at the time.
At the time, Bellucci had just broken up with Vincent Cassel, to whom she had given birth to two daughters.

It is noteworthy that Burton himself was not yet single at that time, but his personal life was clearly falling apart – in 2014 he broke up with the mother of his children, actress Helena Bonham Carter.

Since then, there is no information about the director’s new love interests, but Monica still managed to be in a relationship with the artist Nicolas Lefebvre, who was 18 years younger than the actress. But she broke up with him in 2019 and has been single since then.

Tim and Monica met for the first time in 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival, but the feelings between them flared up only at the Lyon Film Festival in October 2022. Interestingly, Burton came there to accept the award presented to him by Monica.

If the news about the romance of the two stars is true, then we are in for a very beautiful story – not only love, but also joint creativity, because Burton’s chosen ones had a strong influence on his work. In addition to Helena, his muse was once the stripper Lisa Marie, whom Tim met in the 90s.

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