Tuesday January 4, François-Xavier Demaison was the guest of C to you on France 5, to promote his new show Di (x) Wine (s). The opportunity for the actor to evoke his admiration for Jean-Paul Belmondo, who died last September.
In 1990, Jean-Paul Belmondo played the role of Cyrano de Bergerac. “It’s a rock!… It’s a peak!… It’s a cape! What am I saying, it’s a cape?… It’s a peninsula!”, exclaims the actor in the famous play by French playwright Edmond Rostand. An extract broadcast this Tuesday evening in C to you on France 5, to the delight of François-Xavier Demaison. At 17, the actor attended one of Bébel’s performances. “He was my idol” confided the husband of Anaïs with a touch of emotion and nostalgia. Over the years, François-Xavier Demaison and Jean-Paul Belmondo have forged bonds of friendship. “One of my great joys was knowing him, going to his place. He was my absolute idol and we all lost someone important in our lives when we lost Belmondo this year “, regretted the 48-year-old comedian.
In his new show titled Di (x) Wine (s), François-Xavier Demaison plays the Cyranos by reinterpreting the tirade of No, merci from the famous play by Edmond Rostand.“I love more this character of Cyrano that I find sublime and pathetic. I love this tirade of No, thank you at the end of the show. We are rewriting this text to adapt it today “, explained this “great romantic” on the set of C to you before adding : “I realize my dream of playing Cyrano somewhere.” Like a nod to his idol.
François-Xavier Demaison invited to the tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo passed away on September 6, at the age of 88. A few days later, her son, Paul, posted a touching message on his Instagram account. “I wanted to thank you for your many messages and tell you how touched I am by your testimonies to the attention of my father”, he wrote before adding:“Thank you from the heart”. Thanks greeted by thousands of Internet users, among which François-Xavier Demaison, invited to the tribute paid to his friend Bébel the previous week.
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