which dictator was Jamel Debbouze inspired for his character?

This Tuesday, November 12 in the early evening, W9 will broadcast Areas’2the continuation of the adventures of Aladdin with Kev Adams, Ramzy Bedia, Noémie Lenoir, Wahid Bouzidi and Jamel Debbouze. The latter explained who he took inspiration from for his character Shah Zaman.

Released in 2018, Areas’2 is to be (re)discovered from 9:10 p.m. this Tuesday, November 12 on W9. The story centers on Aladdin who has everything to be happy between his lover Shallia and his luxurious life. But the former street child begins to tire of this perfect life.

The arrival in town of the dictator Shah Zaman will turn his daily life upside down. And for good reason, he wants both to take control of Bagdad but also to steal Shallia from him and marry her. Expelled from the palace, Aladdin will call on his genie of the lamp to come to his aid. But Shah Zaman also has his own. The two magicians are going to war!

Who was Jamel Debbouze inspired by for Alad’2?

Jamel Debbouze slipped into the role of a villain in Areas’2. Despite his tyrannical side, the dictator loves poetry. To refine his character, the comedian was inspired by several dictators or at least those who were played in the cinema by Charlie Chaplin for example… but also by his father!

“He was always dictatorial at home and he is one of the people I love most in the world. As soon as my mustache was put on I saw my father. It was very disturbing. The role interested me because it could fit between the Disney universe and the series The Sopranos in which a creepy mafioso tells his therapist everything and he becomes endearing. We’re all a bit like that. multiple, complex, capable of tenderness, animality and nastiness, playing characters that are too smooth, what a bore!”explained Jamel Debbouze.

A childhood dream for Kev Adams

If Jamel Debbouze has had a thousand faces in the cinema, Kev Adams admitted that for him, the only possible villain for this project was Mélissa Theuriau’s companion. Moreover, this allowed him to make a wish come true in passing. “We needed an actor capable, not only of taking on this funny and wicked role, but who was not a foil and therefore who also brought the richness of his own universe. I immediately thought of Jamel with whom I had worked a little on the show “Everything is possible” with Gad Elmaleh. Sharing the poster with him was a childhood dream.”confessed Kev Adams.

A result to (re)see this evening!