“Immense pain”. The Splendid troupe, Michel Blanc’s stage and screen companions, spoke on Friday October 4 on the death of the actor, at the age of 72. In a brief press release, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Brunot Moynot, thank “warmly” the many people sharing “testimonies of support and friendship” after the disappearance of the actor and director. “Fuck Michel… What did you do to us…”had written on the night of Thursday to Friday his sidekick from Splendid and TannedGérard Jugnot, in a story on Instagram. “Michel my friend my brother my partner”reacted for her part the actress Josiane Balasko, on the same social network. Follow our live stream.
A shower of tributes to Michel Blanc. A little earlier, the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, saluted on X the memory of a “monument of French cinema”. “He made us cry with laughter and moved us to tears”added the head of state.
The icon Jean-Claude Dusse. In January 2023, Michel Blanc looked back on his major roles, and in particular these characters who pursued him, sometimes including in his daily life. This is the case of the famous Jean-Claude Duss, the “magnificent loser” of Tannedwho, despite his adventures, always said to himself that “you never know, on a misunderstanding, it could work“. “There were times when I felt like I was a prisoner of Jean-Claude Dusse. So that bothered me because I wanted to play other things“, confided Michel Blanc to franceinfo.
