A biopic to pay tribute to him. Charles Aznavour is one of the legends of French song like Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, and Serge Gainsbourg. The interpreter of Bohemian left us on October 1, 2018 in his house in the Alpilles in Provence. Five years after his disappearance, Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir decided to pay tribute to him. In 2024, a biopic on the artist will see the light of day and Tahar Rahim has been chosen to play his role.
Guest of the show the code this Wednesday October 18, 2023, Grand Corps Malade made some secrets about the project and behind the scenes of it. He initially revealed that the film was supposed to see the light of day a few years ago, when Charles Aznavour was still alive. “We’ve been talking about this film for years, we were supposed to start it in 2017, 2018, we talked about it with him (Charles Aznavour). He said to Jean-Rachid Kallouch: ‘I’d like you to take care of this movie […] and I would also like it to be Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi'”revealed the slammer.
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Charles Aznavour was to star in the biopic
The latter also ensures that the main interested party has given his approval before the project is launched. The interpreter of Bohemian even wanted to have an eye on the filming or, perhaps, to take part in this feature film which was going to retrace life. “We even had to do it with him. We had to write ourselves and then, obviously, go see him, spend weekends at his place, feed ourselves with a thousand anecdotes“found Grand Corps Malade.
But Charles Aznavour left us just when the project was to be officially launched. It is for this reason that it suffered a delay in its production, as the 46-year-old artist confided: “At the time we were supposed to make this film, he died. Obviously, we didn’t do it at that time, we let time pass”. Since then, years have passed. This allowed the film teams to take the time to think about the project and relaunch it. “We want to do it, the family wants it to happen. But we know that he validated us, that we agreed on what we wanted to tell and that too, brings us joy. strength”concluded the slammer, proud to have obtained the trust of the legend of French song.
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