“He didn’t even say hello to us anymore”: why Louis de Funes kissed the young actors on the set of “Gendarme”

Next year Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, the first part of the famous saga signed by Jean Girard and worn by Louis de Funes, celebrates its 60th anniversary. On this occasion, Patrice Lafont, who is mainly known for his career as a TV presenter, but he also played several roles in the cinema, spoke about his memories of the film in which he played the young Jean-Luc, in love with Crusoe’s daughter.

to the microphone good morningThus, Patrice Lafont said that he received a very modest salary, but also described the sunny shooting and the relaxed atmosphere with other young actors.

“He was (…) A luxurious experience as it was the summer holidays and we were a whole group of young people who only thought about having fun, Daniel Kosh was the ‘leader’. !”Lafont stated before specifying that these youthful fantasies were not always to Louis de Funes’ taste.

“As much as the director Jean Giraud tolerated our deviations, Louis de Funes was outraged. He did not join us and did not even greet us on the set after a few jokes, because to him we were not professionals. .”

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Patrice Lafont, who after all shares relatively few sequences with de Funes in this first gendarme, but with Genevieve Grad (Nicole Crusoe’s interpreter), explains that he has completely disappeared from the following installments, even though we last saw him married to Nicole. movie.

“I think we should leave before the gendarmes in New York!”– he joked while still on the microphone good morning.

The first part of the comic saga, which is still very popular in the French public, Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez was followed by five sequels, all directed by Louis de Funes and Michel Galabru.

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