What was the real first appearance of Alain Chabat in the cinema?
Did he play in the classic of Alain Corneau Black series? Or rather in the bloody film Baby Blood? Back on a funny misunderstanding.
Alain Chabat is currently on the cover of Firstto present his animated series Asterix: the fight of chefs. More than 20 years after the monster success of Mission: Cleopatrathis crazy comicmith continues to pay tribute to Albert Uderzo And René Gosinnyand attacks the animation for the first time in these five episodes “Fantastix”.
Alain Chabat: “I will never have finished with Asterix”
To support the publication of This number 561let’s come back below the career beginnings of this actor, screenwriter and director. What was Alain Chabat’s first role in the cinema? For a long time, the rumor ran about Black seriesPolar of Alain Corneau worn by Patrick Dewaere. But in the opinion of the own interested party, it would actually be only a lookalike!
If Alain Chabat recognizes that the young Hell’s Angel who appears in the 1979 film, the year of his 21 years, looks a lot like, he swore at Konbini that it was not at all of him:
“I don’t play in it, no, He reacted live from his video club in June 2019. It’s Wikipedia, that! I am supposedly a Hell’s Angels at the Flipper? I’m not at all in Black series. There is a guy who looks vaguely like me, indeed, I had roughly this mouth at the time, but it is not at all me. It’s a false info, but the thing comes back regularly … “
Alain Chabat: “I have never had the obsession with dramatic roles”
So in which feature film did his first actor steps made? Long after Black serieshis first film actually dates back to 1990. Four years before the phenomenon The City of Fearsurrounded by his accomplices of the dummies, Chabat appeared in Baby Blooda horror film at least as bloody as Red Is Dead !
Alain Robak also confided in Konbini About this collaboration with the unforgettable interpreter of Serge Karamazov (“No link, only son”). In 2020, in a video entitled LA Big History of Baby Blood, 1st French Gore filmthe director explained:
“Alain Chabat, I did not know him but I was an absolute fan of dummies like many people at that time. I told myself that I was going to try to contact him knowing that I was still a lot of chance that he said no. I therefore send the scenario to Alain Chabat, and against all odds, he says yes. Not only, he tells me yes, but he comes in his pockets, not to be paid! We, which was absolutely great, and he made the post-synchro behind, which was just as great. “
Alain Chabat: “Shrek is a very very sensitive ogre”
We understand in these few words that Chabat has only a short scene in Baby Blood : A dialogue between her character and the heroine, Yanka (Emmanuelle Escourrou), from whom he falls under the spell. At her own risk … The young woman is indeed pregnant with a blood thirsty, and this man who flirts with the ideal victim. Like a certain Jacques Audiard, who, in another very gore scene, is also violently attacked by the “Baby Blood” And his mother.
Baby Blood won the special jury prize at the 1989 Avoriaz Festival, supported by Wes Craven, a reference in horrific cinema (The claws of the night, Scream…). Here is the extract with Alain Chabat:
After this first appearance and the acclaimed diffusion of The City of FearAlain Chabat quickly went to the realization with Didier (1997)then he was a hit thanks to Asterix and Obelix: Cleopatra missionin 2002, before signing Rrrrrrr !!! (2004), On the Marsupilami track (2012) and Santa & Cie (2017). In parallel, he signed for projects as an actor and also had some success, in particular thanks to Cursed lawn (1995), The taste of others (2000), Lend me your hand (2006) or The kids (2014).
He does not participate in comedies, working for example with Michel Gondry (The science of dreamsin 2006, The foam of the daysin 2013) or Quentin Dupieux (Realityin 2014). This year, the actor won The Caesar best supporting role for Love phewfrom Gilles Lellouche.
Without forgetting his talents of doubly: he is in particular Shrek’s French voice Since 2001. To find out everything about Alain Chabat’s career “In others”It is here.
Let’s finish on the trailer forAsterix: the fight of chefswhich will arrive on April 30 on Netflix:
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