‘It’s so sad…’: 35 years ago, Alain Chabat and dummies made action star cry

We know him as Dolph Lundgren, the Swedish actor, since his debut as an action star in 1985, after a small role in James Bond, Dangerously Yours alongside Roger Moore and Grace Jones. Groom, he stands out as the villain of Rocky IV opposite Sylvester Stallone.

The rest, you know: leading roles in several action and adventure films such as Masters of the Universe (1987), Red Scorpion (1989), The Punisher (1989) and Dark Angel (1990), and he even stole the show. Jean-Claude Van Damme as the villain in 1992’s Universal Soldier. In 1994, he made one of his best films, The Man of War, and repeated it in 1995’s Johnny Mnemonic opposite Keanu Reeves.

And it was this chemistry graduate, former MIT student and 1980 European karate champion – and since then hero of The Expendables – who chose to self-parody in 1989 for a very local sketch, Les Zero.

Although he is a star PunisherHe becomes The Pleurnisher – and it’s hilarious. if inside PunisherHe plays ex-cop Frank Castle, left for dead after his family is massacred by the mafia, who decides to take revenge ruthlessly, tracking and destroying criminals mercilessly in Plurnisher, He’s Just a Man. to tears easily.

In the fake trailer for The Pleurnisher, we just see him on the street, in a very heroic and (almost) stoic stance, while Alain Chabat introduces him in voiceover, with a dramatic tone:Dolph Lundgren is back“.

Until then, everything looks like an actor: serious and ready for action… until Chantal Laub steps in, still in her voice, and begins to tell a Christmas story of incredible sadness, while the camera gradually approaches the actor.

“So the mother went to the forest with her three little children. It was cold and dark on Christmas Eve. A shout of joy was heard in every house. Christmas! Christmas! Merry Christmas! But their little bellies were crying out for hunger. Hunger! Hunger! Happy Famine!“

Shot in close-up, the actor – who speaks a bit of French – tries to keep it serious: we sense it’s not easy.

Chantal Laub continues his story:It was then that he decided to abandon them in this great, dark and cold forest. His heart ached, but he had no other choice“: And here is where Dolph Lundgren starts to shed tears.

“Goodbye, pretty little ones, goodbye, my little ones, he said to them as they buried their tear-filled eyes in a bright lap that smelled of a warm mother, a sweet mother, a mother we love so much. goodbye“

At this time, the actress is completely in tears and voiceAlain Chabat Statement: “Dolph Lundgren as Christer“When he picks his nose, inconsolable.

“And with a heavy heart he went to a restaurant to eat turkey with chestnuts.“, he finished Chantal Laub earlier Dolph LundgrenStill crying, he doesn’t say:It is very sad!“

Funny and far from his muscular performances, the parody can be seen in the video below: attention, laughter and tears are guaranteed!