Dany Boon had a journey strewn with pitfalls before becoming one of the most popular actors in France. A designer by profession, the native of Armentières arrived in Paris in 1989 in the hope of becoming a comedian. To try to earn a living, Daniel Hamidou, his real name, performs as a mime in the street and participates in several open scenes. A difficult period in the life of Dany Boon, who only feeds himself “bread and milk” at that time, as he explained when he came to the plateau As an aside this Wednesday January 8 on Canal+.
Dany Boon failed by Philippe Bouvard
Following his interview with Nathalie Levy, Dany Boon returned to his complicated beginnings in his acting career: “I’m doing auditions and it’s not going well.”says the actor, now 58 years old. Le Ch’ti even tried his luck in front of Philippe Bouvard, without success: “He didn’t take me.“The latter even had very harsh words against Dany Boon during a casting organized on the stage of the Bobino Theater:”He even stopped me. I did the depression sketch and he stopped me at the beginning of the sketch. It was very hard, very violent.“
Why Philippe Bouvard didn’t appreciate Dany Boon’s sketch
“He told me: ‘You’re funny on stage, you have presence, you’re funny, but then your sketch about depression, you shouldn’t do that. It will never work. Do stuff about football, about couples, about sex, but depression, depression, it won’t be funny’“, remembers Dany Boon, who however did not change his style. Which ended up paying off: “In fact, it made my difference. The fact that people were touched that I made them laugh with depression. At the same time, there is nothing new, a clown is always sad.” “The Depressed” then became one of Dany Boon’s legendary sketches, who made his depressive character his trademark, with his famous line “I’m fine, everything’s fine”, becoming the title of his second show which will make him known throughout France.
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