Depardieu Blacks up to play Dumas

I read in the Daily Mail and BBC of the story of Gerard Depardieu blacks up to play the Afro-French authur Alexandre Dumas in the movie L'autre Dumas. Here are the links:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1252278/Gerard-Depardieu

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8523212.htm