In 2019, the film was released Meet the Malawas, directed by James Huth. The cast includes a handful of famous actors, namely Christian Clavier, Michaël Youn, Ramzy Bedia and Sylvie Testud. This feature film tells the story of Léo Poll, a television show host who, for the purposes of his flagship show ‘Meeting at the End of the World’, takes four famous guests to meet the Malawas, one of the most isolated forums of the world… And if we could have believed that the joyful atmosphere was there, we ultimately learned that the filming conditions were difficult.
In 2021, Michaël Youn also returned to this shoot in the Figaro Live
when he was invited to talk about his “worst shoot”. “I had a really difficult shoot with someone I really like, who I’m a real fan of, called Christian Clavier. I have been a fan since my earliest childhood of Tanned, My best friends, Santa Claus is trash. I’m a real fan of Christian.” he said.
Despite deep admiration, the comedian ultimately failed to form a friendship with his idol. “We didn’t hang on humanly… I don’t blame him. I’m just saying that we didn’t get along on a human level. We were two similar magnets, we repulsed each other a little.” he then declared.
And added: “It was 56 degrees, we were all a little lost. We all went a little crazy, and the reports were extremely tense, extremely unpleasant”. Against all expectations, Christian Clavier never responded to these uncomplimentary statements.
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