“Is this a good situation, scribe?”. A phrase that started off as banal and became cult. Become cult in particular thanks to the talent of improvisation of Édouard Baer in the role of Otis. Indeed, the 56-year-old actor plays the right arm of Numérobis (played by Jamel Debbouze: editor’s note) in “Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra”Alain Chabat’s film released in theaters on January 30, 2002. Allocinated. And so far, no one has done better for the adventures of the famous Gaul.
Not even Guillaume Canet with “Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom”. The comedy produced by the supposed ex of Marion Cotillard has nothing to be ashamed of despite everything. Even if the objectives set are far from being achieved, the 50-year-old actor attracted 4,598,637 spectators for 13 weeks on the bill, as we learn once again from our colleagues. A huge gap between the two films, which could well widen a little more in the coming weeks.
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Indeed, on July 5, 2023, “Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra” returns to cinemas, twenty-one years after its first theatrical release. A new version, much more beautiful, restored in 4K HDR, embellished with new scenes. The fans of the first hour will be entitled to many dialogues absent from the first version and in particular the famous monologue of Édouard Baer facing Jamel Debbouze, Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, or even Claude Rich.
Remember, in Alain Chabat’s film, Getafix asks Otis if being a scribe (Otis’ job in the film: editor’s note) is a good situation. To which the 56-year-old actor responds with a monologue lasting several minutes, completely improvised, which left Alain Chabat and the teams smug, hilarious at what they had just heard. Despite this unplanned scene, the director decided to leave this passage and did well. On July 5, fans of this comedy will be able to find a new version and there is no doubt that it could attract crowds… and widen the gap even further between Guillaume Canet’s “Asterix” and that of Alain Chabat. .
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