{"id":761780,"date":"2026-06-26T15:10:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761780\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:10:25","slug":"meet-the-cast-of-romeo-beckhams-new-gay-tennis-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/761780\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the cast of Romeo Beckham’s new gay Tennis drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romeo Beckham<\/a> made headlines following the announcement that he will be making his acting debut in an upcoming gay tennis film, Forty Love<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He joins a cast led by Paul Kircher, best known for The Animal Kingdom, alongside Guillaume Canet, Benjamin Voisin and Catherine Deneuve.<\/p>\n

Read next<\/p>\n

The film is directed by fashion photographer Pierre-Ange Carlotti and is expected to be \u201cas exhilarating as it is destabilising\u201d.<\/p>\n

What is Forty Love, starring Romeo Beckham, about?<\/p>\n

According to plot details released by distributor Studiocanal, the film follows Sacha Gallo, a young tennis star whose life has revolved around the sport since childhood. Trained by his father and focused on winning a major tournament in Paris, Sacha\u2019s ambitions are complicated by the arrival of a new rival, played by Beckham.<\/p>\n

The official synopsis states: \u201cFor the first time, he faces an opponent of an entirely different nature \u2013 love.<\/p>\n

\u201cA force as exhilarating as it is destabilising \u2013 and far more dangerous than anything he has encountered on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lead actors include:<\/p>\n

Paul Kircher<\/p>\n

\"PaulPaul Kircher (Image: Gabriel Hutchinson\/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n

Paul Kircher is a highly acclaimed French actor who has gained international recognition for his coming-of-age roles. Like Beckham, he also made his screen debut in a queer role. He made his professional acting debut in Winter Boy (2022), playing a 17-year-old gay teen who navigates his sexuality as both a physical and psychological means of processing the sudden death of his father. He later starred in The Animal Kingdom (2023) and the queer drama And Their Children After Them (2024).<\/p>\n

Romeo Beckham<\/p>\n

While Romeo Beckham has spent much of the past two years building a profile in the fashion industry,\u00a0Forty Love\u00a0represents his first screen acting credit. The son of\u00a0David<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Victoria Beckham<\/a>\u00a0initially pursued a football career, spending time within the academies of Arsenal, Inter Miami and Brentford before focusing on modelling. Beckham has become a regular presence on international runways, walking for brands including Balenciaga, Versace and Burberry. Earlier this year he made his debut at the Met Gala as a guest of Burberry.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Voisin<\/p>\n

\"BenjaminBenjamin Voisin (Image: LucaFazPhoto\/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n

Like Beckham, Benjamin Voisin\u2019s acting debut also saw him take on a queer role, first with Fran\u00e7ois Ozon\u2019s 2020 queer romance Summer of 85 (\u00c9t\u00e9 85). Since then, he\u2019s become a staple in the genre, appearing in titles such as The Stranger (2026) and Forty Love (2026). He\u2019s also widely regarded as a strong ally to the LGBTQ+ community, thanks to his commitment to telling authentic queer stories on screen.<\/p>\n

Catherine Deneuve<\/p>\n

\"CatherineCatherine Deneuve (Image: Martin Kraft\/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n

Catherine Fabienne Dorl\u00e9ac, better known as Catherine Deneuve, is widely regarded as one of Europe\u2019s great screen icons. In a career spanning nearly 70 years, she made her film debut as a teenager in a small role in Andr\u00e9 Hunebelle\u2019s Les Coll\u00e9giennes (1957), before going on to international acclaim with Jacques Demy\u2019s romantic musical classic The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964). With well over 130 films to her name, she is a stable in French cinema. Deneuve has also amassed a devoted LGBTQ+ following, thanks to her role as a bisexual vampire in The Hunger (1983).<\/p>\n

Guillaume Canet<\/p>\n

\"GuillaumeGuillaume Canet (Image: Gilzetbase\/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n

French actor, film director and screenwriter Guillaume Canet first rose to prominence on stage in La Ville dont le prince est un enfant (1994), before moving to film in 1997 with his breakthrough role in the thriller Barracuda. After two decades in the industry, he finally earned major acting recognition in 2015 for his chilling turn as a serial killer in Next Time I\u2019ll Aim for the Heart (2014). Behind the camera, Canet has proved just as talented, directing films such as Tell No One (2006) and Little White Lies (2010), cementing his reputation in French cinema.<\/p>\n

Vincent Lacoste<\/p>\n

\"ActorVincent Lacoste (Image: Harald Krichel\/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar Award\u2013winning actor Vincent Lacoste is no stranger to queer cinema, having appeared in LGBTQ+ storytelling on screen. Most notably he portrayed a young bisexual film student navigating love, loss and self-discovery in Christophe Honor\u00e9\u2019s Sorry Angel (2018).<\/p>\n

A French theatrical release for Forty Love is currently scheduled for 25 November 2026, while international release plans have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Romeo Beckham made headlines following the announcement that he will be making his acting debut in an upcoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,363593,361593,27104,85,747],"class_list":["post-761780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-forty-love","tag-paul-kircher","tag-romeo-beckham","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}