Biopic of Johnny: Laeticia Hallyday validated Benjamin Voisin

It is confirmed, Benjamin Voisin should replace Raphaël Quenard in the biopic on Johnny Hallyday.

It’s been more than a year since the actor Yannick had announced to play in the biopic on Johnny Hallyday, even promoting it in various shows. A week ago, we learned that the actor was withdrawing from the project. In an Instagram post, he wrote about not having enough time:

“ It is with regret that I inform you today that I will not play Johnny in his biopic. The demands linked to the production of the film Mystik, which I am co-directing, as well as the promotion of The American Dream which is released on February 18, do not allow me, within the allotted time frame, to devote myself fully to the preparation required for such a role. I wish the best to the entire team of this film and more generally a long life for this project. »

This announcement made the production cringe, taken by surprise. But also…the singer’s widow. A turnaround not very well digested by Laeticia Hallyday.

However, she had personally chosen Raphael Quenard to play the father of her children: “The project, the desire… It all starts from there, from him”, she confided in 2024 to Le Figaro. It was while watching the film by Quentin Dupieux, Yannickthat the ex-model fell in love at first sight:

“I was amazed by his acting, his looks, his way of occupying space, of speaking, his spontaneity, his almost animal charisma… I said to myself that if any actor could play Johnny in the cinema, it was him.”

According to the magazine Closerafter this hasty abandonment, Laeticia Hallyday rushed to Paris to validate a new actor: Benjamin Voisin. Crowned with the César for best male revelation in the adaptation of Balzac’s famous novel, Lost illusionsand nominated for the 2026 Césars for his role in The Strangerthe young actor is one of the most popular actors of his generation.

May Johnny fans rest assured, despite all these adventures and according to a source close to the film, the biopic of Cédric Jimenez (BAC North, November, Dog 51) East “far from stopping”: Filming is expected to begin in June.

Johnny should be released on December 8, 2027 in French theaters.

Johnny Hallyday biopic: “The project is far from being at a standstill, quite the contrary”