Gilles Marini stars as Daquin in the World War II action film, Murder Company. Daquan was inspired by several members of the French resistance combined into one through his character.
Synopsis: In the midst of the D-Day invasion, a group of US soldiers are given orders to smuggle a member of the French resistance behind enemy lines to assassinate a high-value Nazi target.
Their mission has never been officially acknowledged, and there is no record the unit ever existed. But those who were there gave it a name of its own: Murder Company.
Written by Jesse Mittelstadt (Altitude) and directed by Shane Dax Taylor (The Best Man), the film stars William Moseley (The Little Mermaid, “The Royals”), Pooch Hall (A Dog’s Purpose, “Ray Donovan”) Gilles Marini (Sex in the City), Joe Anderson (Hercules), and Kelsey Grammer (The Marvels, “Frasier”).
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Gilles Marini was born in Grasse, France in 1976. He is of Greek-Italian heritage. Gilles worked in his father’s bakery in Cannes from a young age until he joined the French Army at eighteen. A soldier, Gilles was stationed in Paris where he served as a firefighter in the renown Brigade des Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris. While there, Gilles was spotted by the fashion photographer Fred Goudon. A successful modeling career was the result.
He gained widespread recognition for his role as Dante in the film Sex and the City: The Movie. He then gained further fame as a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars.” Gilles became a household name in America. With no prior formal dance training, Gilles wowed audiences and judges with his dancing prowess. His Argentine Tango with partner Cheryl Burke has been described as something that elevated “entertainment to art and landed his role as Luc Laurent in TV shows “Brothers & Sisters” alongside Rachel Griffiths, Sally Field and Rob Lowe followed “Switched at Birth” on ABC Family, “Two Broke Girls,” “Teen Wolf,” “Castle,” “Modern Family,” “DareDevil,” “Devious Maid,” “Hot in Cleveland” amongst others. Some of his filmography includes Mothers and Daughters and All I Wish alongside with Sharon Stone. His current movie is a French World War II drama set in the Pyrenees called Waiting for Anya where Gilles stars with Anjelica Huston and Jean Reno. He also hosted several seasons of Sylvester Stallone’s Netflix show “Ultimate Beastmaster”.
film, MURDER COMPANY, a Maverick Film & Complex Corp release. Photo courtesy of Maverick Film & Complex Corp.
