Christian Clavier was the guest of TF1's 8 p.m. to present “Jamais sans mon psy”, in theaters next Wednesday.
The opportunity to discuss for the first time the disappearance of Michel Blanc, his comrade from the Splendid troupe.
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They wrote together some of the most beautiful pages of French comedy. Guest of Anne-Claire Coudray this Sunday in 8 p.m. on TF1 to present Never without my therapistin theaters next Wednesday, Christian Clavier returned to the disappearance of Michel Blanc, his former partner in the Splendid troupe, and their unique relationship with the public after all these years.
“Michel, we called him President Blanc“, said the actor. “He was intelligent, he was a genius dialogue writer. Funny… I can't tell you what's between us“, he admitted, always speaking in the present tense of his comrade who died on October 3 at the age of 72. “It's something that pleases because there is a form of sincerity that we bring to people's subconscious. It's a kind of family“.
“I like to transmit”
In Never his shrinkChristian Clavier plays a doctor whose suicidal patient played by Baptise Lecaplain falls in love with his daughter. From the trilogy What have we done to the Good Lord? to recent Cocorico the actor takes the art of comedy very seriously. “A good vaudeville is a tragedy in reverse. You have to be extremely involved, you have to embody a lot“, insisted the one who prefers to limit the catches to let instinct speak.
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With the great era of Splendid behind him, it is with the new generation of comic actors that Christian Clavier triumphs today. “They play very well“, he assured about his young partners. “I like to give them advice, to pass on something to them. I see the pleasure they have playing with me. And it honors me and it pleases me enormously.”
