Invited on RFM by Bernard Montiel, Dany Boon made surprising confidences about an event that occurred early in his career. In 1996, the comedian was nominated for a Molières award for his one-man show I am fine, everything is fine. More things didn’t go as planned, as revealed by our colleagues at Gala.
Dany Boon was then a very young artist, who had not yet known the resounding success which is his today. So, he is necessarily a little intimidated when he appeared on stage at the Molières ceremony in front of the big names in theater.
The terrible moment of embarrassment experienced by Dany Boon
The artist must perform his sketch Harlequin, champion of love on the occasion of in the nomination in the category Best one-man showBut as soon as he goes on stage, Dany Boon senses that the task will not be easy.
“I go on stage to do the sketch with Harlequin’s book and I see people turning their heads and saying: Oh no!he revealed to Bernard Montiel. While his performance was supposed to last seven minutes, the comedian only lasted three short minutes on stage.
“I was desperate, there were a few people laughing, but very few. I left the stage, I was devastated.« , confided Laurence Arné’s companion. However, the rest of the evening held many surprises for Dany Boon.
Dany Boon comforted by a famous star
At the end of this trying timeDany Boon found comfort with a comedy superstar. Indeed, Raymond Devos gave his support to the young artist of the time. “It was Raymond Devos who consoled me and then took me to the restaurant. He told me: ‘I experienced the same thing at the start of my career’recalled Judith Godrèche’s ex.
Invited to attend the end-of-ceremony dinner bringing together the Molières participants, Dany Boon initially declined the invitation. “I say, ‘No, no, I don’t feel welcome in the theatre family, so I’ll go my own way. »explained the film’s star Supercondriaque.
Far from being offended, Raymond Devos finally chose to accompany the beginning artist to another brewery. The two artists spend the evening together, to the great pleasure of young Dany Boon. « So I didn’t have a Molière, I had a Raymond Devos that day.« he remembered with emotion.
An imminent return to the stage
A few years later, Dany Boon experienced a phenomenal success on the occasion of the release of the film Welcome to the Ch’tisHis second film as director is still the best result to date. of a French film at the box office.
Happy father of five childreneverything is going well for Dany Boon, despite the relative failure of his last film. Life for real brought together “only” 802,694 spectators at the cinema. But the artist intends to soon find success again: he is preparing a nouveau one-man-show titled Boon will do better. A title that he hopes is premonitory!
