Asterix: the actors of The Middle Empire without their Gallic and Roman costumes


Who, among the plethoric cast of “Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Empire”, is the most unrecognizable in the film? Answer in image, with photos of the actors in the feature film and outside.

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“We met on the first day, Jonathan [Cohen] and me, next in the dressing rooms getting wigs, ponytails and moustaches. We looked at each other and burst into total laughter.”. What Gilles Lellouche tells us, when we meet him to talk about Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, others have known before him.

Because being part of the often massive cast of an Asterix film in live action is the guarantee of having a memorable look. Edouard Baer thus lost his beard in Mission Cléopâtre while Gérard Darmon gained a goatee there of the most beautiful effect. Or hair in the case of Zinédine Zidane in At the Olympic Games. And what about the different Panoramix performers?

Released this Wednesday, February 1 in our theaters, The Middle Empire is no exception. The proof with this comparison of actors in the film and outside.

Gilles Lellouche (Obelix)


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Unlike Guillaume Canet, who had three predecessors in Asterix, Gilles Lellouche succeeds a single actor in the role of Obélix: Gérard Depardieu.

Jonathan Cohen (Graindemais)


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The new star of French comedy, fresh out of the successes of La Flamme and Le Flambeau, embodies a new character.

Julie Chen (Princess Fu Yi)


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This is the very first film role for Julie Chen. Who therefore finds himself in one of the biggest French productions of recent years for his baptism of fire.

Leanna Chea (Tat Han)


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Seen in particular in Sun, Leanna Chea embodies the formidable warrior Tat Han, who melts the heart of Obélix.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Antivirus)


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Star of the football fields, Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to France via the cinema, after having surrounded Ligue 1 during his years at PSG. And his character bears the same name as that of Jean-Paul Rouve in Mission Cléopâtre. More muscle.

Marion Cotillard (Cleopatra)


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Eleven years after Monica Bellucci, Marion Cotillard plays Cleopatra. And another role, did you recognize it?

Ramzy Bedia (Epidemais)


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Ramzy Bedia is Épidemaïs, Graindemaïs’ uncle. But his character appeared in the comics.

Jose Garcia (Biopix)


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Like Gérard Darmon (narrator here), José Garcia is one of those actors who played two different roles in two Asterixes: Couverdepus in Aux Jeux Olympiques, and Biopix today.

Angela (Falbala)


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New major film project for Angèle, after Annette by Leos Carax.

Philippe Katerine (Assurancetourix)


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Who else but Philippe Katerine could have played the bard Assurancetourix?

Jerome Commander (Abraracourcix)


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A few weeks after La Flambeau, of which he was the presenter, Jérôme Commandeur meets Jonathan Cohen again as head of the Gallic village.

Audrey Lamy (Bonemine)


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Not very present in the films so far, Bonemine gains a little more screen time, in the guise of Audrey Lamy. And with his banter.

Jason Chicandier (Ordralfabétix)


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Seen in the film Flashback on Prime Video, Jason Chicandier captures an iconic character from the Gallic village.

Lin-Dan Pham (The Empress)


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Winner of the César Award for Most Promising Female in 2006, for De beat my heart stopped, Lin-Dan Pham ascends the throne of the Empress of China.

Bun-Hay Mean (Deng Tsin Quin)


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Noticed in Problemos or Les Méchants, the comic Bun-Hay Mean is the great villain of the story.

Manu Payet (Ri Qi Qi)


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Taken by the stage and the radio, Manu Payet had not been seen in the cinema since Selfie in 2020. He returns as the right arm of the villainous Deng Tsin Qin.

Orelsan (Titanix)


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“With Titanix, there is no shipwreck”can be heard in a dialogue about the captain of a ship played by Orelsan.

Vincent Desagnat (Perfidus)


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While waiting to find his friend Michaël Youn in BDE, he is the deceitful Perfidus, alongside César.

M (Remix)


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Composer of the original soundtrack, Mathieu Chedid also makes an appearance at the end, in the role of Remix.

McFly and Carlito (Radius and Ulna)


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It is thanks to an anecdote contest with Guillaume Canet that McFly and Carlito won these small roles in the film.

Laura Felpin (Carioca)


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Like Jérôme Commandeur, Ramzy Bedia or Jonathan Cohen, we saw Laura Felpin in Le Flambeau before this small role in the film.

Franck Gastambide (Red Beard)


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A rumor had made him one of the candidates to direct a new Asterix film a few years ago. Today, it is as an actor that Franck Gastambide participates in this film, and he is misunderstood.

Issa Doumbia (Baba)


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It’s not easy to be a pirate in the world of Asterix. And even less to be the watchman of Barbe Rouge’s ship. Yet this is what awaits Issa Doumbia, seen recently in Les SEGPA.

Thomas VDB (Sinus)


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Expected in Good Conduct by Jonathan Barré, Thomas VDB has the honor of being one of the first Roman victims of Asterix and Obelix in the film.

Marc Fraize (Plexus)


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Struck by Obélix at the beginning of the film, when he meets the Gauls with Thomas VDB in the middle of the forest, Marc Fraize will find Gilles Lellouche in Daaaaaali! by Quentin Dupieux this year.



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