Jean Dujardin is undoubtedly the best-known French actor in Hollywood. After his triumph in The Artista film about silent Hollywood, it investigates two American productions. The Wolf of Wall Streetof Martin ScorseseThen Monuments Mensign George Clooney. He and Jean Dujardin remained very close. The proof with their collaboration in an ad for a famous coffee brand. Another Hollywood monster, Leonardo DiCaprio, confides in the most “Rican of Frenchies.
Jean Dujardin: his triumph with The Artist
A little over ten years ago, in 2013, the life – and career – of Jean Dujardin took a big turn. After the success of The Artista silent film about the Hollywood of yesteryear, he won an Oscar for best actor! A very symbolic reward when we look closely at the subject of the film. A look into the past of a certain golden age of American cinema.
The language barrier is not a problem in The Artistobviously. But not for the rest of the French actor's (brief) career in the United States either. Building on the success of The Artist, Dujardin found himself in two major American productions. He shoots one after the other for Martin Scorsese then George Clooney!
Jean Dujardin, the most American of Frenchies
Thus, for about two years, Jean Dujardin was the most American of the French actors. And this even if his participations in Loup de Wall Street et Monuments Men are reduced to nothing. Of the luxury cameosas much for the filmmakers behind the camera as for the actor himself.
He embodies a Swiss banker (sic) in the financial satire directed by Martin Scorsese carried by Leonardo DiCaprio. At George Clooney, he slips into the uniform of a French soldier to the banter of Parisian titi. In both cases, the French public recognizes the Loulou ofOne Guy, One Girl. The Americans see a new movie star there.
Leonardo DiCaprio very frank on Dujardin
In The Wolf of Wall StreetJean Dujardin and Leonardo DiCaprio share a single scene. A hilarious face-to-face where their two characters look at each other like earthenware dogs. At the heart of the exchange, a story of big money and accounts in Switzerland, a devious negotiation for two long-toothed wolves. A moment that DiCaprio still remembers.
“He amazed me!”says Leonardo DiCaprio in an interview with Femina in 2013. The Hollywood boss was then on a promotional tour for The Great Gatsby. The latter came out a few months before The Wolf of Wall Street. “Particularly during an improvisation scene where he was wild, insanely funny and eccentric.” DiCaprio adds: “But all with calibrated and reckless ease. It was great.” The Gatsby interpreter also looks back on the success of Jean Dujardin thanks to The Artist : “The Oscar didn't go to his head at all. He remained normal. He's really a very cool and friendly guy.” We can say that Jean Dujardin was validated by Leonardo DiCaprio.
