MOSCOW — French actor Gerard Depardieu was involved in a car accident in Moscow yesterday when a taxi rammed into a Mercedes carrying him in his adopted homeland of Russia, where he is filming a movie.
The 64-year-old star of films such as “Green Card” and “Cyrano de Bergerac” was unhurt, and posed for photos with Russian traffic police.
Depardieu, who was granted Russian citizenship in January after criticizing a planned 75-percent tax on millionaires in France, was not behind the wheel.
He was banned from driving for six months by a French court earlier this month, after he was found to be three times over the alcohol limit when he fell from a scooter last year.