Yahoo – AFP,
22 Sep 2015
Ex-Manchester
United player Eric Cantona has forged a successful career in
acting (AFP
Photo/Stephane de Sakutin)
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Paris (AFP)
- Former Manchester United star Eric Cantona evoked the memory of his own
grandparents fleeing war when promising on French radio Tuesday to house and
feed refugees for a period of "at least" two years.
"I'm
organising that with authorities in Marseille," Cantona told France Inter
radio, explaining he intended to provide a small house, garden and food for a
period of at least two years.
"If
you house someone who does not have the right to work, then they need to eat
too," said the enigmatic former France captain.
Cantona
explained that his own family history had inspired his decision.
"My
maternal grandparents were Spanish Republicans who fled Franco (in the Spanish
civil war) by crossing the Pyrenees on foot," he said. "That being
our story, it certainly played a role."
The man
credited with sparking Manchester United's period of dominance in English
football has carved out a successful second career as an actor since hanging up
his boots.
He is
currently performing in the stage play "Victor" at a Parisian theatre
and also stars in the movie "Rois du Monde" (Kings of the World)
directed by Laurent Laffargue, which is released in France on Wednesday.
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