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Should we be surprised? The name that came up most often among our readers (68 times!) is that of a celebrated comedian who has a successful track record on the big screen. “There is the not too distant physique, the flow of speech and, above all, it exudes an authenticity, a simplicity which is found so much in our national comedian”, France Couture writes to us.
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Another comedian who has proven himself as an actor (in Fisherman And The Lavigueur: the real story, among others), Pierre Verville, received more than 50 votes. It must be said that this chameleon already imitates Yvon Deschamps brilliantly.
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Luc Picard is an actor that our readers spontaneously think of when we consult them for a casting choice. Last year, it was him who a plurality of respondents saw lending his features to Guy Lafleur for a film in preparation on the Blonde Demon. And now around forty people see him biting into the words of Yvon Deschamps. We must believe that the interpreter of Michel Chartrand has the makings of a hero!
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Another favorite actor of Quebecers and outstanding improviser, Pier-Luc Funk is the choice of around thirty respondents to play the father of stand-up Quebec style. “For energy, intelligence and humor. He would be able to put Mr. Deschamps’ monologues into his mouth,” estimates Danielle Lambert.
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He is best known for his characters in bums and rare birds and we saw it more often in a dramatic register. However, around twenty respondents mentioned the name of Martin Dubreuil to play Yvon Deschamps. For what ? Because he has “a good face, a certain charm, the lively eyes and the smile of a good, honest guy. The beauty of a guy “who has lived experience”,” Céline Robidoux writes to us.
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Other names of composition actors who have not made their mark in humor have stood out, including those of Steve Laplante (“a super talented actor as comfortable in comedy as in drama”, writes us Yvan Roy), Benoit McGinnis and Émile Proulx-Cloutier.
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On the other hand, we can hardly blame you for spontaneously thinking of comedians to play the role of the father of Quebec humor. Besides Louis-José Houde, the name most often mentioned is that of Stéphane Rousseau, a man of multiple talents. Patrick Huard, Martin Matte and Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais were also mentioned, to a lesser extent.