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CULTURE – Unrecognizable. The movie trailer Mr. Aznavourreleased this Tuesday, September 3, revealed the actor Tahar Rahim in the role of Charles Aznavour. The biopic which traces the career of the singer of Bohemiadirected by Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade, will be released on October 23.
As you can see in our trailer video at the top of the articleTahar Rahim, who won two Césars for his performance in A Prophet by Jacques Audiard, is astonishing in his physical resemblance to Aznavour.
Microprosthesis and many hours of singing
The 43-year-old actor, who bears no resemblance to the singer, For me formidable in real life, recounted the behind the scenes of his metamorphosis in the columns of Parisian. Behind his new Aznavour looks there is makeup, but above all “a microprosthesis” which allowed to “pushing the incarnation to several degrees of depth.”
In order for the voice and gestures to fit the character, Tahar Rahim also had to work hard: “I listened to a lot of interviews and films of Charles, but also personal recordings and videos that the family lent me”he tells our colleagues. Not to mention the “eight hours of singing a week for six months”because singing in tune is not innate!
Despite these physical differences, which initially scared the actor, who even wondered if he would succeed in this challenge, there are also similarities between Charles Aznavour and Tahar Rahim. “We are both children of immigrants, not predestined to a career in entertainment, we share a love for the erasure of borders, the need to express ourselves in different languages and a sense of family,” estimates the actor.
In addition to the rise of Charles Aznavour since the 1950s, Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir wish to revive ” a time that those under 20 cannot know”as the artist sang in BohemiaAlongside Tahar Rahim, we find Victor Meutelet in the role of Johnny Hallyday (who will also have the right to his biopic). But also Marie-Julie Baup in the role of Edith Piaf and Rupert Wynne-James in that of Frank Sinatra.
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