Jean Dujardin is one of the most popular French actors of his generation. Discovered in One guy, one girl alongside Alexandra Lamy, he has since had an extraordinary career. Able to move from drama to comedy with always the same level of performance, he is one of the rare French actors to have had the privilege of playing in Hollywood. It must be said that his Oscar largely contributed to offer it a beautiful showcase.
However, like Omar Sy, French cinema remains important to him. Very attached to France, he wishes to continue to film projects at home. After realizing one of his childhood dreams by playing Zorro, he announced his return in the shoes of a particularly maligned historical character in Xavier Giannoli's next film.
Jean Dujardin reading a script
With Jean Dujardin, we must not predict anything. Capable of being an incredible schoolboy hero in the famous OSS 117or a surfer without a wave in Brice de Nicehe can also embody historical figures with great seriousness. We could see him in the skin of Lieutenant-Colonel Marie-Georges Picquart in I accuse. Soon, we will discover him in the shoes of Jean Luchaire, a highly contested figure in collaborationist France of the Second World War.
“Inspired by true events, a collaborationist father and daughter in France during World War II. The journalist and press boss Jean Luchaire who fled to Sigmaringen at the Liberation and was subsequently sentenced to death and executed in 1946. His daughter Corinne, a rising actress between 1935 and 1940 before being forced to stop her career due to health problems. She was briefly married to a German officer and shared in the flight of her father, of whom she had become his secretary and who was sentenced to ten years of national indignity ».
The joy of playing Zorro
In a completely different register, Jean Dujardin recently realized one of his childhood dreams. A real return to childhood for him when he played the famous masked vigilante, Zorro. A miniseries currently available on France Télévisions in which he plays opposite Audrey Dana. This project was particularly close to his heart and he did not hesitate to give of himself during the filming. He actually held to perform the majority of stunts. He had also spoken about this project in the columns of Leisure TV.
“I found it hard to believe. Until one day, dressed as Zorro, I heard 'Motor!'. It's a costume that takes up a lot of space and I didn't have to force it. Just to smile, have panache and have fun. I found the idea of this revisited vaudeville tasty. We are subverting the franchise, but it was important to keep the vintage spirit. I said to the director: 'Don't forget the Madeleine! Which means that as children, we loved this hero!' »he confided.
