‘I almost beat him up’: This actor doesn’t have fond memories of Frances Weber.

‘I almost beat him up’: This actor doesn’t have fond memories of Frances Weber.

The second biggest success at the French box office after Titanic in 1998, Francis Weber’s Le Dîner de cons attracted 9 million viewers. A triumph for the filmmaker who adapted his own play to the cinema.

On screen, Jacques Villeret takes on the role of naive Francois Pignon, which he has played on stage since 1993. He is surrounded by an equally solid cast, from Thierry Lhermitte as a petty and selfish bourgeois to Francis Huster, through Daniel Prévost, who shines as Lucien Chevalier, the zealous tax auditor. The film will also be awarded three Césars: Best Actor for Jacques Villeret, Best Supporting Actor for Daniel Prévost and Best Screenplay for Francis Weber.

If there’s anyone who hasn’t quite tasted that success, in any case has a stubborn grudge, it’s Gerard Hernandez. Giving a career interview in Mook issue 46 Schnock (Always excellent, by the way), Raymond of household scenes treats the director.

sample ? He was very angry with him that he was not chosen to play on the screen the role of tax auditor Lucien Chevalier, whom he nevertheless knew well from his many interpretations on the boards. “He’s not a very good man, Mr. Weber, he’s not a good guy. I almost kicked my ass because it’s not done. Besides, I heard from the press that my agent didn’t warn me or protect me. That’s why. I left Artmedia.” Drop the cast.

Daniel Prevost takes it for his rank. “He’s a jerk, a bad boy. Nice with the big ones, rotten with the little ones. But I told him later. He didn’t understand that I didn’t want to shake his hand.” He waves as a courtesy.

add: “But why didn’t he call me, he just said something like, ‘I don’t understand why you’re not doing a movie?’ you are?” We can safely predict that the two actors will not go on holiday together…

Source: Allocine

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