Paul Belmondo and Anthony Delon have known each other since they were teenagers. They are on the cover of “Paris Match” this week, paying homage to a photo of their fathers, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon, dating from 1997.
Very friendly, they did everything teenagers can do. And more! As they recounted old memories during this interview, Paul Belmondo remembered a strong moment they shared. And which they would probably have done without!
“We almost died together in a helicopter accident,” he said. The responsibility would fall to him, affirmed Anthony Delon, which the ex-racer did not dispute.
“It’s true, I wanted to go downstairs to pee. The aircraft turned into the wind, the turbine failed, the skids broke, and we almost rolled over,” he said.
Alain Delon’s son completes the apocalyptic description. “Paul was behind, leaning against 200 liters of kerosene, we could have exploded,” he added, to which Paul Belmondo replied: “Can you imagine, the newspaper headlines!”
