Without his efforts, he would perhaps never have given the reply to Jean Dujardin in Brice of Niceor to Gérard Depardieu in Asterix at the Olympic Games. Indeed, if it seems inconceivable that Clovis Cornillac is not part of the French cinematographic landscape, it almost happened. Especially when he was younger and suffered from… lisping. A disorder that he did not hesitate to mention during his visit to As an aside on Canal + this Wednesday, November 9.
“I was sure I was lisping because I had a malformation in my mouth. We tell each other the stories we can”remembers the actor of 84 before remembering THE period which served as a turning point in his life, but also in his career: “I was playing in the theater while lisping, I had no problem. Then one day, Britannicus. I worked a lot at that time with Alain Françon”. An important man for the actor because the director was able to detect what was the problem with his lisping.
Clovis Cornillac was lisping until he met this man
“He’s the one saying to me, ‘Wait, what’s the problem?’ and he sees how I place my tongue. He says to me: ‘You put your tongue up instead of putting it down.’ From that moment on, I went crazy and I worked at night, the morning. It worked”, then entrusted Clovis Cornillac to Nathalie Levy. A moment, and a man, that he has not forgotten and that he will never thank enough.
But in addition to his lisp, another factor could have been right in his career if he had not shown courage and hope. The actor remembers that between “late 80s to late 90s”the cinema did not want to “him at all”. “I absolutely did not correspond to the desires of the directors and directors. For me, it was over.” He observed at the time. In the end, the one who flows happy days with Lilou Fogli was right to believe it.
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