The brutal death of Michel Blanc is heartbreaking for the French and for the Splendid, whose reunion last April in Paris Match had made the event, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the troop. During this meeting, Michel Blanc returned to his solo career which he had wanted to launch quickly, for fear that his character of Jean-Claude Dusse would stick too closely to him. But this is not the only revelation he made about this saga as hilarious as it is cult.
The actor did not want to film Les Bronzés 3, friends for life
In 2006, Les Bronzés 3, friends for life did not convince the critics, despite its success in theaters. And although Christian Clavier was the one who launched the idea of launching a third part, Michel Blanc believes that he is responsible for this critical failure. “It’s not the best we’ve done, well, it’s not the best I’ve done. I find myself absent. And this failure is totally my fault. I didn’t want to make this film and I didn’t want them to make it without me“, he confided to our colleagues, while Thierry Lhermitte affirmed that he had been happy to find these legendary characters.
Michel Blanc also had regrets concerning Tanned people go skiing
Moreover, Michel Blanc had not wanted either Tanned people go skiing see the light of day. In As an aside on Canal+ in February 2023, the actor explained that he regretted his lack of involvement for this second episode: “I had some sort of qualms about the sequels. I said: ‘No, we’re going to repeat ourselves…’ Which is a mistake since it’s better than the first… I wanted to play the role, but I didn’t want to participate in the writing. It was a bit of a bullshit, because it might be the best written! Maybe that’s why, because I wasn’t there. Well, I still participated in my dialogues“.
