Monday February 20, 2023, the third channel honors the cult film “The Corsican investigation” by Alain Berberian worn by Jean Reno and Christian Clavier. At 70, the ex-companion of Marie-Anne Chazel has distinguished himself in countless registers during his brilliant career. It is with the essential troupe of splendid that the actor launched himself with panache into the 7ᵉ art.
For the podcast “In retro” of France Blue in 2021, his sidekick Josiane Balasko also released an intriguing anecdote about him. At the beginning, the happy mother of two children was very complexed by her physical appearance. His nose for example was the cause of his torments. “I already thought that I had a nose that was too long and I especially didn’t want to have my mother’s nose”, underlined the artist.
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“I can do it again if you want…”
At the time, a make-up also told her that she should “refuse to be filmed in profile”. At worst, Josiane Balasko then turned to the father of Christian Clavier who was a very famous surgeon. Sensitive about his request, he would have whispered to him: “Josiane, I can do it again for you if you want”. It’s after the filming of “Little Hugs” by Jean-Marie Poiré (1977 editor’s note) that Josiane Balasko performed her rhinoplasty. A choice that literally changed his life.
“I don’t know if this pif was that long”, analyzed the companion of George Aguilar. And to specify: “I don’t think so. I don’t know if it would have changed anything… But for me, it made me feel comfortable”. But after his surgery, his friends quickly noticed a change in his face: “At the beginning, I had a pig’s nose, the guys at Splendid they said to me: ‘but what did you do?’ Obviously, it took time (3 months editor’s note) for the nose returns to a normal shape!”.
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