A budget of almost 65 million euros, 1,300 special effects shots, 500 extras, more than 4.6 million viewers in theaters and a mixed reception from the public and critics during its theatrical release: like it or not, Guillaume Canet’s Asterix. And Obelix: The Middle Kingdom was certainly one of the cinematic events of the first half.
The first original adventure in real-life footage of the irrepressible Gauls imagined by Goskin and Uderzo, the feature film brings together an impressive cast, featuring Gilles Lelouch as Obelix, Marion Cotillard as Cleopatra (and Bibbin), Vincent Cassel as Jules César, Jonathan Cohen. Pierre Richard, Jose Garcia, Manu Payet, Ramsay Bedia, Julie Chen, Leanna Chi, Lin-Dan Pham, Audrey Lam, Jerome Comand, Franck Gastambide, Vincent Desanat, Philippe Caterin, Orelsan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
In the face of such actors and such logistics, Guillaume Canet Also mobilized in front of the camera under the helmet of Asterix, he had a lot to do. To the point of losing six kilograms, but also to the omission of a few false connections, which the technical specialists of AlloCiné were very happy to find. Did Michelix and Michaelus notice the legion of bugs in the movie (have you?)? Answer in the video at the top of this article!
And to prolong the pleasure, we invite you to (re)discover our special Asterix Faux Fitting program above, dedicated to previous live adaptations of the comics. A chance to appreciate the shooting mistakes of Alain Chabat, Claude Zid, Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann and Laurent Thirard. Michel and Michel don’t throw away the menhir Guillaume Canet: Every film in the saga has had failures. And it is heavy, very heavy!
Source: Allocine
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