An image from which he suffered a lot. Nicknamed the “Cheetah”, Alain Delon was admired by all, but far from being really appreciated. In the company of Jean-Paul Belmondo for several shootings, the latter has also badly experienced the popularity of “Bébel”, adored the French.
Guest of the program Le bon dimanche show this October 24, the director Patrice Leconte wanted to tell a really painful anecdote for Alain Delon. In 1998, the director was shooting for his film Une chance sur deux, with the two icons of French cinema of the time as main characters. One, adored, “When I shot this film with Belmondo and Delon, we were on the heights of Nice, in a small village. There were people watching, onlookers, and when Belmondo came down to come on the set, everyone people were shouting: ‘Oh Bébel! Bébel, over here!’“.
The other … admired, but scary for the fans, “All of a sudden, as I looked away, I heard a dead silence, you could have heard a fly fly. I didn’t even have to turn around, it was just because Delon was coming down the same. small steep path and everyone was standing as if the headmaster had entered the classroom “. Victim of this given image, Alain Delon has remained unmoved throughout his career.
So keeping that badass image. But in his private life, the actor suffered a lot from the situation, “He confessed to me, one evening of confidences, to which point he suffered from imposing an image that was a little terrifying, well, chilling. And that, that does not make him particularly happy”.
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