Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, directed by Guillaume Canet, will be released in cinemas on February 1, 2023. A new adaptation of the adventures of the most famous of the Gauls which once again brings together an audience of prestigious actors. The cast includes Manu Payet, Ramzy Bedia, Bun Hay Mean, Linh Dan Pham, Philippe Katerine, Franck Gastambide, Bigflo and Oli, Orelsan, Laura Felpin, McFly and Carlito and even Angèle. This Tuesday, October 25, the first trailer was unveiled and a famous rapper was particularly moved to discover the first images.
Indeed, in one scene, Vincent Cassel, who plays the role of Julius Caesar, performs the sign of the two hands together, thumbs apart, a reference to the trademark of Jul. It was enough to fill the singer who reacted from his Instagram account. “I was not ready“, did he declare.
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The former companion of Monica Belluci has also discussed this new role with our colleagues from Allociné. “For me, from what I’ve seen, I think that this Asterix and Obelix will come to tickle very closely, if not more, the Asterix of Chabat, which for me was for the moment what had been done best. I’m very happy to have done this thing. And yet at the base I didn’t necessarily see myself in Asterix and Obelix. But then when Guillaume Canet called me and said: ‘Do you want to do Jules César? I said to myself “Yes, in fact. Absolutely!“, explained the actor.
“I’m quite happy to have done Julius Caesar, I don’t know why. It is the image, the physical. Because Julius Caesar is like that, he is very arrogant with his big nose and everything. But he has frog legs, remember? And in fact, it’s one of the first things I did when I arrived. Because I have a little frog legs too, it’s my morphology. And they were there they wanted to hide me. I said “No! We’re pulling up the skirt!” So much so that Bun-Hay Mean who also works in the film, with me, called me “Caesar Skirt”. He’s a comic book character, but I had a lot of fun playing him.“, told the father of Deva Cassel.
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