While Didier Bourdon and Pascal Légitimus would be up for a return to the stage of Les Inconnus, their accomplice Bernard Campan is still blocking. In the columns of JDDthe actor explained why he is reluctant.
Bernard Campan is back in comedy with Check Upthe play by Sébastien Thiéry that he is currently performing at the Antoine theater in Paris. The story which takes place in a hospital is reminiscent of a sketch of Les Inconnus of which he was a part, as the journalist from JDD Baptiste Thion to the main interested party. Their humor has not aged a bit. “Our humor focused more on the social atmosphere of the time than on specific political phenomena.replies the actor in the columns of the weekly on newsstands this Sunday, September 29.
Bernard Campan, very cash, reveals why he does not want to reform the Unknowns on stage
The accomplice of Didier Bourdon and Pascal Légitimus has another legendary sketch in mind. “So obviously, in the vampire sketch, the personalities we see like Pierre Bérégovoy or Edith Cresson are no longer there, but like our bloodsucking friends, taxes are!”he specifies. But then, in this case, why not replay the old sketches “timeless” and reform the trio on stage as during the thirtieth anniversary of Les Enfoirés in 2019? “Because we are very temporal. That’s especially what stops me. There was an energy that would be difficult to find again Today”throws into the columns of JDD the 66-year-old actor, thus dampening the hopes of fans. “I would be afraid that we would also be in a repeat, a pale copy of what we did before. It couldn’t be better. Just as good, in a pinch, and then again…”explains Bernard Campan, sharply.
The Unknowns soon reunited in the cinema? A film project is in preparation according to Bernard Campan
However, the famous trio intends to reunite in the cinema. “We have had a project with Riad Sattouf for three or four years: a film for which he would write the script and direct. He should soon present us with a second version”reveals Bernard Campan in the columns of JDD. In 2014, ten years ago already, the “back” of the Three Brothers at the cinema had crossed the threshold of two million admissions, but the feature film was not unanimously acclaimed. There is no question of remaining on this half-success for Bernard Campan who hopes that this new project will see the light of day. “I hope it will happen: we would love to play together again without having to write. Twenty years ago, we had already asked Bertrand Blier if he didn’t have an idea for us”recalls the actor. He wants to write a new page rather than replay the score of the past. “Are there any sketches from Les Inconnus that you wouldn’t do again?“asked the JDD journalist. “All !“Bernard Campan then replied. Before adding: “But we could imagine others.” “I don’t know what to say other thanthere were things that were a bit limited“he added, without specifying which sketches he was referring to.
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