“He was disappointed”: Kolush had the idea that Santa Claus is trash, but the actor refused

The year is 1979. Coluche, who was at the height of his popularity with his one-man shows, goes to the premiere of the play Le Père Noël est une ordure, played by his comrades from the brilliant Thierry Lhermitte, Christian Clavier, Gérard Junot. , Anemone and Marie-Anne Chazelle among others. Then the comedian fell in love with the character of Zezete.

“I told him no”

Josette, known as “Zezette” is a young girl with lips, slightly lost, not very smart and pregnant. “to the teeth”. He is also Therese’s cousin and has a toxic relationship with Felix, the evil Santa Claus who names the play after him.

After the performance, Colucci invites Zezete’s translator, Marie-Anne Chazelle, to dinner with an idea in mind. And what happened next was the actress who told journalist Natalie Levy (M Recreational television):

“He was trying to convince me all evening that I should continue to bring this character to life. I created a good character. There weren’t many comic female characters at the time. (… ) and he said to me. : ‘But you have to continue Josette, this character!’

And I didn’t like that. I said to myself: “Yes, I like to play it, I love it” but I didn’t see myself getting into this spiral, I wanted to play something else, I was attracted by classical roles, I wanted to do cinema. …)”

“It Wasn’t For Me”

So the answer was clear:

“I said no. So he was disappointed, he said to himself, ‘He doesn’t get it.’ , I was going very fast in a circle, Josette is skiing… It wasn’t mine, this.”

Marie-Anne Chazelle clearly played the role of ‘Zezette’s wife, who locks herself into a role that might have been a little too close for her.