Phantom's Deva Cassel and Julien De Saint Jean Cover Vanity Fair France March 2026

Phantom's Deva Cassel and Julien De Saint Jean Cover Vanity Fair France March 2026 AOC Fashion

A Modern Team for an Old Story

Actors Deva Cassel and Julien De Saint Jean cover the March 2026 issue of Vanity Fair France [IG], promoting their upcoming cinema French production of ‘Phantom of the Opera’. The stars are styled by Tania Raf Patron in Dior, of course with Cassel being an ambassador, but also Fendi, Louis Vuitton and more.

Photographer Luc Braquet [IG] creates his own cinematic fashion story, with a ‘ships’ passing in the night’ vibe between Cassel and De Saint Jean, who plays the phantom in a modern rendition of the original story.

Le Fantôme de l’Opéra’s best shot at success is probably in French hands. Like ‘The Bride’, the plot is complex for today’s audiences. Let us hope for a better run at the box office than ‘The Bride’ experienced.

Orpheus and Eurydice in Greek Mythology

Understanding the Orpheus and Eurydice myth as a ‘play within a movie’ is essential to understanding this version of Phantom of the Opera.

Orpheus and Eurydice in Greek Mythology: Orpheus was a foundational figure —a legendary bard, musician, and prophet. In another chapter of the myth, Orpheus joined an expedition of the Argonauts and saved them from death when entering the water orbit of The Sirens. Orpheus played music so mesmerizing, that the men did not succumb to the calls of once powerful women reduced to a clan of murderous half-women, half-bird seducers of men.

Alas, he did not have the same extraordinary luck in a meetup in the Underworld, when his music did pique the interest and then sympathy from Hades, who promised that Eurydice would be with him as he left to return to his prior life — as long as Orpheus obeyed this one instruction. . .

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