Guest on the set of 8:30 p.m., Sunday, Gilles Lellouche was very touched when he mentioned his friend Jean-Paul Belmondo.
On September 6, 2021, France lost a movie monster. Jean-Paul Belmondo passed away at the age of 88, leaving behind devastated loved ones and thousands of sad fans. An exceptional ceremony from Les Invalides which the Head of State, public figures and anonymous people attended, took place to greet the actor. Everyone misses his kindness, his humor and his talent. And especially to Gilles Lellouche. This Sunday, January 9, he was the guest of Laurent Delahousse in 8:30 p.m., Sunday. The opportunity for him to talk about his news, his debut in the cinema, but also his relationship with his missing friend.
Jean-Paul Belmondo came to see him on his shoots
An actor for many years, Gilles Lellouche was surprised to see Jean-Paul Belmondo land on the set of one of his films. While he was filming BAC North, the actor surprised her by booking a hotel room for a month next to his own. “Every evening, I had to go see him. He was waiting for me on the terrace. He was waiting for me to have a drink with him and tell him about my day. He was reliving a day of proxy shooting“, he says.”Ah there it is, it is good, it is good“, replied the star of Magnificent. Exchanges that lasted more than an hour every night.
The memory gave way to the emotion
On the set of France 2, the director of Large bath was very touched when he thought back to that moment: “It moves me a lot to tell you about it“, he says with a tight throat. After a long silence, he recovers: “He is someone who has counted enormously. He gave me a lot of talent, breath and lessons too.“ Jean-Paul Belmondo taught him a lot throughout his existence. “He spoke to me about the relativity of prices, of consideration, of how one could be criticized or not. He was someone who had a lot of height and who looked at things from a very wide and distant way. And that taught me a lot.“Very grateful to have been able to have these exchanges with Jean-Paul Belmondo when he was filming, he would have liked it to last”all the life.“