In love as in friendship, lack and separation are very painful things. On September 6, Jean-Paul Belmondo died at the age of 88. In addition to leaving his admirers in mourning, his loved ones were heartbroken. In his close circle, we can also mention Jean Dujardin.
Indeed, the two men forged a strong friendship. During BFM-TV, Nathalie Péchalat’s husband delivered on this subject by making shocking revelations. “It was a very nice gift from my great friend Antoine Duléry. We were filming OSS 117 in 2004 and he said to me one evening ‘Come eat at home’. I open the door and I come across Jean-Paul Belmondo on the sofa, who smiles at me, and I can’t believe it! It was the Holy Grail, the culmination. I have met big stars during my career but it was the star, the man who moved me the most. This is the man that I wanted, that I had to meet” he remembered.
Moreover, Jean-Paul Belmondo invited him when he received the Legion of Honor in Belgium. “I always thought of him, we never parted (…) Once, he received the Legion of Honor in Belgium. He had shed a tear, which happens quite rarely. A few months later we celebrate my birthday in the woods, lost in the Cévennes, I hear the music of Le Magnifique and I see Jean-Paul Belmondo arrive with his cane. From the depths of the woods, he had been waiting for two hours. I obviously start to cry and he says to me ‘one everywhere!’. I think everyone cried at that point. This is what he evokes, this sincerity, he is so anchored, centered in life. Real life, with his friends, his family. As soon as there was an anxiety, a doubt, it was enough to call him saying ‘I’m thinking of you, how would you have reacted?’ and he would say ‘oh la la, if you knew… get over it, go for it!“said the comedian, moved.
Jean Dujardin missing his friend
Jean Dujardin does not forget Jean-Paul Belmondo, far from it. This Tuesday, May 10, 2022, the lack was harder than usual. Alexandra Lamy’s ex posted a photo with his friend along with the heartbreaking message: “Want to see you Jean paul… #jeanpaulbelmondo”.
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