Tonight on TV: Dany Boon gained 10kg of muscle for this comedy which attracted 4.5 million viewers

Tonight on TV: Dany Boon gained 10kg of muscle for this comedy which attracted 4.5 million viewers



Crazy raid : a great success of 2017 for Dany Boon

During his career as a director, Dany Bon he had many successes. Of course there was the monumental success of Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis (2008) with over 20 million viewers. But his subsequent films also posted impressive numbers. This was the case with Crazy raid (2017), which attracted more than 4.5 million viewers in theaters. A result that left him behind Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (7 million entries) e Despicable Me 3 (5.6 million admissions) at the French box office in 2017. And which allowed Dany Boon to win, a few months later, the Caesar of the public.

A great reward for the actor and director, who strove to believably embody a RAID instructor. As a reminder, Crazy raid follows Johanna (Alice Pol), a policewoman who wants to join the RAID. Except that every time he tries to register, his profile isn’t selected. Because despite her good will, Johanna is rather clumsy.

Alice Pol and Dany Boon - Raid Dingue ©Pathé
Alice Pol and Dany Boon – Raid Dingue ©Pathé

Seeing that she does not intend to abandon her dream, her father, the Minister of the Interior, finally arranges for her to join the RAID as a trainee, in the hope that the difficulty of the training will disgust her. This is how Johanna finds herself under the direction of Eugène Froissard, an unpleasant and misogynistic manwho has no desire to see a woman in the RAID.

Highlights the rare women of RAID

To prepare Crazy raidDany Boon went first to meet the RAID teams, and in particular Jean-Michel Fauvergue, “the big boss” as he defines it in the press kit. It was there that he discovered that of the 170 agents of this unit, only 3 were women. This motivated the director even more to make Johanna the main character.

The women of the Raid fascinated me: like the men, they train intensely and give their all and I wanted to address this topic. There are few or no action comedies in which the main role is played by a female character…

Dany Boon’s intensive training

Although Crazy raid amused by Johanna’s clumsy character, inspired by Alice Pol’s clumsiness (it was after spilling an entire cup of tea on Dany Boon’s screenplay that she had the idea for such a character), Dany Boon wanted highlight the RAID drive. Wanting to be as believable as possible, the actor and director spared no effort. Following the advice of Alain Figlarz (responsible for the film’s stunts), who asked him bluntly if he would “keep this body or change for the movie” Dany Boon blurted out intense physical fitness.

I started an intensive training with a fantastic trainer, Fred Mompo, based on bodybuilding by completely changing my diet, based on egg whites, Grisons meat or 0% cottage cheese (…) It was absolutely necessary for the spectators to believe that I could have been one of the Raid instructors.

Dany Boon - Raid Dingue ©Pathé
Dany Boon – Raid Dingue ©Pathé

Sportsman in his youth, the actor quickly found his way and quickly saw the evolution.

I started modestly with 20 push-ups a day and by the end I was doing over 200! I lost 15 kilos to gain 10 kilos of muscle…

Dany Boon’s biggest challenge ultimately came from her diet. He who”loves to eat well“, he was forced to”free ourselves from a lot of foods” to be ready for the first day of filming. After that he was able to return to his good old habits, while continuing to play sports. In all cases, according to Eric Heip, deputy division commissioner of the head of the RAID, interviewed by the show Tea or coffee (video below), Dany Boon managed to offer a believable character.

Source: Cine Serie

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