3 days max: Philippe Lachaux v Vin Diesel… or almost! Behind the scenes of a funny scene from the movie

For his third work, Tarek Budal wanted to make an action comedy and references his favorite movies. Thus, 3 Days Max includes several references to famous action films. The most obvious one is seen quite early in the film, a reference to the Fast & Furious saga.

In 2016, Frank Gastambide revealed his love for his American doppelgänger Vin Diesel in his film Pattaya. 8 years later Tarek Budal Allowing a French actor to portray the iconic Fast & Furious hero on stage Maximum 3 days.

When Ryan (Tarek Budal) announces to Tony (Philippe Lachaux), Pierre (Julien Arout) and Stephanie (Vanessa Guide) that he is going to fly to Mexico to rescue his grandmother (Marie-Anne Chazelle), who has been kidnapped. A dangerous cartel, the latter is thwarted by a man who is ready to fight Tony.

When “Fast & Furious” meets “The Goat”

Frank Gastambid That’s why he appears in a black tank and necklace with the image of the hero of the Fast & Furious movies Dominic Toretto and directly asks Tony not to lean on his car. The two men then face off in a verbal game inspired by the face-off between Pierre Richard and Michel Fortin in Francis Weber’s The Goat.

This is the first time Franck Gastambide has appeared in a Bande à Fifi film. Tarek Budali declares in the press conference of the film: “I thought of Frank because he jokes that he is Vin Diesel’s doppelgänger – he even poses with him on Instagram. Besides, we really like each other and have wanted to do something together for a long time. I thought it was nice to wink and he accepted without hesitation.”

in turn Philip Lachaux explained to our microphone: “It’s really cool that Frank agreed to do a cameo in the film and I’m very happy to work with him. We are of the same generation, we started doing popular comedies and we were often compared. So I’m very happy that I finally got the chance to work with him on this film, and I hope that this is just the beginning.”

Philippe Lachaux adds: “We’ve been saying for a long time that we should do something together, and this scene is a good appetizer for what’s to come. In the meantime, he had fun with the cashier, he started like crazy!“

Frank Gastambide shared photos from the shoot on his Instagram and thanked the gang for the welcome.

related to us Frank Gastambid He also said that he was happy that he could appear in 3 days at most.

The actor and director tells us:Obviously, I immediately agreed, but first of all, I thanked Tarek for taking the first step between the two teams, because we wanted to work together for a long time.

We all really admire each other’s work. There is something very positive between us and we have been meeting for years at rallies, events… and we say that we should do things together.

There is something very positive between us

Tarek and Philip send me a nice message when one of my movies comes out. Philip almost always comes to the premiere of my films and so do I. And every time we said, “When are we going to do something together?” So I was very happy to appear in 3 Days Max and I’m very grateful to Tarek for finally bringing us together, even if it was just for one scene.. And then this idea of ​​taking two guys from the next generation of comedies and pitting them against each other on stage is a wink and it was really nice.

Frank Gastambide as Vin Diesel

As for his role as the pseudo Dominic Toretto, Frank Gastambid He explains that Tarek Budal’s proposal immediately appealed to him and that the character who will appear in 3 days at the most could be Frank, the hero of his film. pataya.

I always enjoyed being compared to Vin Diesel

“I always enjoy being compared to Vin Diesel and the funniest thing is when I go to other countries they tell me that. People who don’t know me tell me I look like him. And so I was. Amused by this pseudo-resemblance pataya

Since then, this image is bad double Vin Diesel It follows me a little and every time I play it myself, I put diesel or wingazol hashtags under Instagram posts. I know Pattaya really cheered up Tarek. So when he asked me if I would like to play Vin Diesel in his movie, I agreed. It’s a bit of a sequel to Pattaya Boy, so it was funny.”

It took half a day to shoot the scene. Frank Gastambidi recalls: “When I got to the set in the morning and saw the clothes and the car. I said to myself, OK, we’re really going. Tarek asked me if I could shave my beard very short to look like Win. Obviously, I’d love to play. When I was in front of Fifi, we said to ourselves : “That’s it! Since we’ve been talking about it, we’re doing it!”

Words that suggest a possible collaboration between Frank Gastambide and the Fife Gang on an upcoming feature film. Is waiting, Maximum 3 days Must see in cinema.