Alain Delon, the perfect Caesar
Alain Delon was a living legend. And he was well aware of it. His touchy attitude, his often arrogance and the acquired habit of speaking about himself in the third person therefore contributed largely to his status as “sacred monster” and actor aside. But Alain Delon was not entirely devoid of humor and self-irony, as he demonstrated in 2008. That year, when he announced that he was putting end his film career in 1999plays one of the main roles in a very high budget film: Asterix at the Olympic Gamesdirected by Thomas Langmann and Frédéric Forestier.
“Have me!”
We haven’t seen him at the cinema since 2000 and an appearance in Bertrand Blier’s film The actorsin his role. He thus comes out of retirement a second time to remain Asterix at the Olympic Games the role of Caesar. This role is already, in itself, a nod to status.imperial” by Alain Delon in the history of cinema. But Alain Delon is not satisfied with this role with this simple wink. Pushing this meta-reference to the maximum, a practice that has become a tradition in films Asterix and ObelixAlain Delon offers a very funny monologue, in front of the camera. A successful exercise in self-irony, to be reviewed under.
Caesar does not age, he matures, his hair does not turn white, it lights up. Caesar is immortal, for a long time. Caesar has achieved everything, he has conquered everything, he is a cheetah, a samurai, he owes nothing to anyone. Not to Rocco, not to his brothers, not to the Sicilian clan. Caesar is of the race of lords, moreover the Caesar as the best emperor was assigned to Caesar… Ave moi!
Humor… and a very high fee
Opening with the famous theme “Theme for Nezzari and Delon” by Ennio Morricone composed for The Sicilian ClanThis scene shows César/Alain Delon praising himself for being himself, inserting references to some of his greatest hits: The Cheetah, The Samurai, Rocco and his brothers AND The Sicilian Clan.
We will never know, for sure, whether the actor agreed to join this notoriously messy project, and ultimately a bad film, to have the opportunity to indulge in this nice self-deprecating interlude, or rather to profit from it. the imposition of a fee of 1.2 million euros negotiated for the film. Only Gérard Depardieu gets more with 1.4 million euros. We prefer the second hypothesis but, in any case, this will remain one of the (very rare) good ideas ofAsterix at the Olympic Games.
Source: Cine Serie
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