Babysitting 2: did the actors really parachute for the purposes of the film?

Released in cinemas in 2015, the film Babysitting 2, worn by Christian Clavier, Philippe Lacheau, Alice David, Vincent Desagnat, Tarek Boudali and Julien Arrutiwill be rebroadcast Tuesday February 20, 2024, from 9:05 p.m. on W9. Directed by Nicolas Benamou and Philippe Lacheauthis feature film is the sequel to the cult comedy Baby sitting, released in theaters a year earlier. In this 2nd film, Sonia, always played by Alice Daviddecides to introduce her boyfriend Franck, still performed by Philippe Lacheau, to his father. Accompanied by their friends, they go to Brazil to spend vacations in the eco-hotel of Jean-Pierre, Sonia’s father, played by Christian Clavier.

Franck wants to take advantage of this trip to ask her to marry him. However, following an incident, Sonia asks questions about Franck. Overhearing a discussion, Franck refuses to propose to her. To forget this, Sam organizes an excursion into the jungle. Everything doesn’t go as planned. Indeed, Sonia’s grandmother accompanies them as well as two pretty French tourists, Julie and Erika, met in a shop by chance. But in the evening, boys, the grandmother and their guide have still not returned. The next morning, Jean-Pierre finds a GoPro type camera (Kodak)… The whole hotel begins to view the images in a room.

Babysitting 2: impossible to use stuntmen for the parachute jump scene

In the trailer for this comedy, Philippe Lacheau, Tarek Boudali, Vincent Desagnat and Julien Arruti all parachute. This scene was produced without special effects. Indeed, the film was shot in found footage and the use of stuntmen would have been immediately visible on the screen. The four actors therefore really threw themselves into the void, in order to make the sequence more realistic and funny. For this stunt, they underwent training in France, and completed the training in Brazil. During the weekends, during filming, they took the opportunity to go to Sao Paulo to skydive. The actors then rehearsed the scene for several days on the ground. In two takes, it was in the box. On the other hand, this extreme moment was a challenge for Philippe Lacheau because he qualifies as “someone very afraid“.