This year, Gérard Jugnot will find on stage his son Arthur with whom he shares the poster of the play “Le Jour du Kiwi”. A comedy directed by Ladislas Chollat to discover at the Edouard VII theater from January 12 to April 15, 2023. This is not the first time that father and son have played comedy together. Arthur Jugnot had already played the son of his illustrious dad in the film Les Bronzés: Friends for Life, released in 2006.
Guests of Bruno Guillon in Le Bon Dimanche Show, the two actors discussed the common points but also their differences. The opportunity for them to admit that they do not perceive the same cachet. When the host asked them who earned the most, the youngest of the two Jugnots confided: “I have a small idea…” “Well, there is one who will inherit so…“, slipped Gérard Jugnot, suggesting that his remuneration was higher than that of his son.
Gérard Jugnot talks about his complicated relationship with his father
If the two actors talked about their relationship on stage and in life, the interpreter of Bernard in “Les Bronzés”, spoke about his relationship with his father, at the end of 2022. Invited on RTL on the occasion of his new film “Le petit piaf”, the actor returned to his professional debut. “I heard my father say to me: ‘Acting is not a job, clowning around, going on a stage is not a job’“, he confided.
Addressing the theme of childhood and also adoption, Gérard Jugnot explained: “I believe that we always need to adopt our children and our parents, whether they are biological or not. It took me a long time to adopt my parents and my father especially“. Then indicating that he wants to repair people’s “evil of living” through his films.”I like to fix people, situations and the world, because in life, that’s not how it is.“, he clarified.
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