Iconic actor of the 7th Art, Alain Delon will have left his mark on several generations of film fans. Playing for the greatest directors, the actor, who died last August, did not collaborate with a very famous filmmaker. Indeed, on the occasion of his arrival on the set ofAs an asideClaude Lelouch spoke about the reason why he could not have Alain Delon play in one of his films. “I had approached Alain Delon, but once again we did not agree on financial issues, I did not have the means to pay him”he admits. A regret for Claude Lelouch, who then offered a role to the father of Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien Delon for the film Bastard, we love you.
Claude Lelouch regrets not having toured with Alain Delon
So, to replace him, he thought of Johnny Hallyday: “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?', and I say to him: 'Well listen, you're going to be very well because I'm going to give you a sublime role'. Thus, Claude Lelouch leaves it to fate: “Chance, at that moment, chose Johnny. My life is made up of chance, I'm not wise enough to make the right choices, so chance helps me every time.”he concludes.
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