Wednesday November 13, 2024 during his appearance on Canal+ in the show As an asideFrench director Claude Lelouch shared behind the scenes of his film Bastard, we love you and revealed why, despite his attempts, he never worked with Alain Delon.
Iconic director of French cinema with 51 films to his credit, Claude Lelouch knew surround yourself with the greatest. Whether it was Jean-Louis Trintignant in the famous A man and a womanLino Ventura in Happy New Year or Johnny Hallyday, to whom he offered the main role in Bastard, we love youClaude Lelouch has marked his career with prestigious collaborations. However, he never toured with Alain Delon; a notable absence in the filmmaker's filmography. Guest of the show As an aside On November 13, 2024, Claude Lelouch returned to this. The director explained that for the role of Jacques Kaminsky in Bastard, we love youhe had first thought of Delon, but the project could not materialize for a… astonishing reason. “I had suspected Alain Delon, but once again, we didn't agree on money matters…”
Destiny chooses Johnny Hallyday
Claude Lelouch has in fact admitted that he “didn’t have the means to pay it”. It's the same problem that also prevented him from collaborating with Gérard Depardieu. But ultimately, this failed collaboration turned into an opportunity: “I call Delon to tell him that we're not going to make the film because, when I make a film, I don't think about the money… And two seconds later, I get a phone call from Johnny who asks me: 'How are you doing?'and I said to him: 'Well listen, you're going to do very well, because I'm going to give you a sublime role'.” Convinced that “chance, at that moment, chose Johnny”Claude Lelouch attributes this meeting to the unexpected events of life: “I'm not wise enough to make the right choices, so chance helps me every time”.
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