The year 2024 has been a prolific one for producers of musical biopicsBritish cinema thus gave birth to Back to Blacka film that traces the life of Amy Winehouse. In the United States, it is Bob Marley: One Love which was released this year, although the film was not a resounding success. French filmmakers are also planning their own biopic with the upcoming release of Mr. Aznavour.
As its name suggests, this new feature film follows the story of Charles Aznavourwho passed away almost six years ago. The leading role went to one of the most prominent actors in French cinema, Tahar Rahim. After a first Cesar for best actor obtained in 2010, he is back in service by interpreting one of the most famous singers in France. The actor also revealed some juicy information about his preparation in a recent interview with Audrey Crespo-Mara.
The revelation of Tahar Rahim
The cinemas are currently busy with the screening of films from Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. But starting October 23, viewers and moviegoers will be able to enjoy the slam poet’s latest creation Big Sick Body and the director Mehdi Idir, Mr. Aznavour. The main actor, Tahar Rahim, will speak about the filming of this musical biography this Sunday, September 22, in the show Seven to Eight.
Some snippets of the interview have already been shared on social media. In a short excerpt, Tahar Rahim explains that it was he who sing the music by Charles Aznavour in Mr. Aznavour. Audrey Crespo-Mara, the journalist who interviewed the actor, was impressed by this revelation. For good reason, it is generally an imitator who is responsible for covering songs in musical biopics. But Tahar Rahim seems to have a certain talent for music and singing.
Tahar Rahim could not completely imitate Charles Aznavour’s voice
“Are you the one singing?”asked Audrey Crespo-Mara to Tahar Rahim. “Yes, it’s me who sings”he simply replied. The actor thus delivered some explanations. “You have to know that in musical biopics, you take an imitator” he said. “But I still wanted to try.”recalled the interpreter of Charles Aznavour. Against all expectations, his test was successfulto the point that the directors have let sing instead of the imitator.
This success did not not done without effort. “I took 6 to 8 singing lessons a week, non-stop for six months. I didn’t stop. At a certain point, my coach told me, I listened to the imitator, I think you can do it yourself.”Tahar Rahim said in Seven to Eight. “We realized that in the ‘low’ notes, my voice was quite close”.
On the other hand, the Franco-Algerian actor has not could not completely imitate the voice by Charles Aznavour. His high notes were not close enough to those of the French singer. “That’s when they had to mix the high notes, because it was hard to get the exact same timbre as Charles. But otherwise, everything else is just me singing.”concluded Tahar Rahim. “It’s disturbing, astonishing”was forced to admit Audrey Crespo-Mara.
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