We’ve found the 7th company playing tonight on TF1, except if Chaudard, Pithivier and Tassin are back to the delight of their fans, one of them has a face change. Tassin, played by Aldo Macione in the first film, is absent, replaced by Henri Guibet, but why?
The question arises because if director Robert Lamoureux mentions in his memoirs his difficult relationship with Machiones in 7th Company, he in no way surpasses him:
Aldo Macione, “Charming Man”
Aldo Maccione (Tassin) and Jean Lefebvre (Pittivier)
“Aldo, he’s a baby. He’s three and a half years old. Really! With all that comes with whims and tantrums and ‘I’m the biggest, the prettiest, the strongest’ and ‘Oh my God!’ Oh my god, I want to. I had a talent!…” It goes from one end to the other, it will take you all the way in half an hour (…) but behind it there is an extraordinary naivety and kindness hidden from time to time, he needs to be calmed down so much that he thinks Napoleon (…) Anyway, I he is a charming man!
But where did the 7th company go? A success with 3.94 million admissions, production quickly begins on the second opus, which directly follows the previous one. Robert Lamoureux is back to write and direct, but something is wrong.
Difficult negotiations
Aldo Maccione, who played Tassin born“Corsican father and Sicilian mother” In the first film, he is going to get a better salary than what is offered. Pierre Mondy (Chaudard) like Guybet agrees on this point. Except that the Italian actor’s negotiations had only one result: the production decided to do without his services and leave his character to an actor used to third roles: Henri Guibet.
New Tasin
At the time, Guybet was a member of the Café de la Gare theater group and had only a few films to his credit, but occasionally had significant roles such as the chauffeur Salomon in Rabbi Jacob. With the promise of stardom through the film, she agreed to reprise the role for a modest fee, fearing that the public would hate her performance or compare her to Maccione. In the end, it integrated very well and we found the 7th company, with a total of 3.74 million records!
He will therefore be remembered for 7th Moonlight Company, the third and final episode of the saga, released in December 1977.
Source: Allocine
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