She wants to make a film worthy of the rocker and the man” she has ” madly loved, sometimes in pain, for twenty-three years“, as she declared to Paris Match. Laeticia Hallyday is finally preparing “official biopic” on Johnny, 7 years after his death.
To do this, she wants Cédric Jimenez to direct and Hugo Sélignac to produce. And above all, Raphaël Quenard in the main role. The latter won the César for best actor in 2024, for “ Dog of the breakage “. And Laeticia Hallyday is full of praise about it.
She explains to our colleagues: “The project, the desire… Everything starts from there, from him”. The mother of Jade and Joy Hallyday discovered Raphaël Quenard in “ Yannick » by Quentin Dupieux. And since then, she can no longer imagine anyone else to play Johnny.
What Johnny Hallyday shares with Raphaël Quenard
And for good reason, Laeticia Hallyday admires the acting qualities of Raphaël Quenard, but not only that. She tells “I was amazed by his performance, his looks, his way of occupying space, of speaking, his spontaneity, his almost animal charisma…”
So much so that she is ready to entrust him with the responsibility of playing her husband on the big screen. While the Taulier would have celebrated his 81st birthday this year, his widow assures us: “ I said to myself that if any actor could play Johnny in the cinema, it was him”.
Another biopic in the works
Exit Jalil Lespert, Laeticia Hallyday’s ex. He was once expected to orchestrate this biopic, wanted by Taulier’s widow.
The actor and director, however, is reportedly preparing his own film, for his part. Director of “ Yves Saint Laurent “in 2014, the biopic validated by Pierre Bergé, he would have decided to evoke in his feature film the dark sides of the Hallyday couple.
