His chances of a part in Poldark look slim… Gerard Depardieu is taught how to scythe by the Belarusian president in a bizarre meeting ahead of a new film role

His chances of a part in Poldark look slim… Gerard Depardieu is taught how to scythe by the Belarusian president in a bizarre meeting ahead of a new film role  He may not have the rippling abs of TV heart throb Ross Poldark but little appeared to stop French actor Gerard Depardieu from having a go at scything in Minsk, Belarus.