“He makes faces, things like that, which mean nothing”: Rabbi Jacob’s actor condemns criticism of the French comedy giant.

Henri Gibbet, now 87, is one of the last pioneers of popular French cinema of the 70s and 80s, having filmed with great directors such as George Lautner (once a policeman in 1972, Le Guinolo with Jean-Paul Belmondo) or Jean. -Paul Rapeno (married for the second year). But also filmmakers like Robert Lamur and his indestructible saga of The Seventh Company, in which he replaced Aldo Maccione.

It is undoubtedly his role as Salomon, the Jewish driver for Louis de Funes in Gérard Oury’s The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, that is most famous. An absolute triumph in the theater and a real peak of recognition for him. “When the movie came out, I was Jewish! Everyone assumed that, even though I know a lot of Jewish actors who played bishops and they never asked if they were Christians!” he told us cheerfully as we had the pleasure of revisiting his long and rich career with him in 2018.

“Scream of the losers…”

This Monday, January 15, the actor was a guest of the program in Jordan on C8. Logically motivated by his current news, he also returned to his career and collaborations Louis de Funeswhich he paid homage to.

“When you play with a man like De Funes, you know, when you play with the greats, when you’re in front of a talented man, take a few inches somewhere, they grow you and teach you to grow more” she said.

Let’s also recall the criticism the late actor received in 1983 regarding his trademark facial expressions and gestures. to the actual blocking challenge during the filming of a key scene in the film.

“In spite of all the bad things that were said about him (…) and he knew what was being said about him … they were talking nonsense, you know, it’s always slander from losers. “Oh, de Funes, he does. Faces!’, something like that, which means nothing, which is the observation of people who know nothing about it at all.’