In Medellin, visible on Prime Video, Ramzy, Franck Gastambide and Anouar Toubali respond to Mike Tyson. The former boxer proved to them that he still had an iron fist.
Franck Gastambide returns behind the camera in Medellin, an original production by Prime Video, of which here is the synopsis:
Pablito is a young Youtuber, fascinated by Pablo Escobar. He decides to realize his dream by going to Medellin in the footsteps of the drug baron. A few days later, it is through a video posted on his social networks, that the world discovers that Pablito is in the hands of dangerous narcos, who demand a huge ransom to free him. “Plata o Plomo!”. But what the Narcos don’t know is that Pablito has a big brother and that big brother has a plan as simple as it is completely insane: assemble a team, raid Colombia to face the cartel men and bring back his healthy little brother. and except.
The director was able to count on the strike force of the platform to have two amazing actors in his cast: Raymond Cruz (Tuco from Breaking Bad) and… Mike Tyson. If the first camps a drug trafficker, the second helps them infiltrate the cartel to find Pablito.
“It’s quite an organization to work with Americans. We write a letter, in which I explain my journey from trainer of pit bulls to the cinema. I say that I did a series on rap in France. Lots of things that I hope will touch him and it did. It was engaging for him, it wasn’t just a little scene. He has a real role. He spent several days with us. We had to convince him that he wasn’t going to waste his time with us.“, explained to our microphone Gastambide.
A memorable slap
And what we can say is that the presence of the American boxer has been profitable. As the filming progressed and the sportsman became more and more comfortable with the teams, Gastambide indulged in a little improvisation. The actor revealed to us that he had modified a scene the day before the shooting, which concerned his character, that of Ramzy and that of Mike Tyson. Changes that included… real slaps. And one thing is certain, it is that the former star of H still remembers it:
“We are preparing to take real slaps at that time. But I hadn’t calculated that since he’s right-handed and I was on the right, I was the first on the slap. We did 7 takes and each slap, I find myself on the floor. I’m on the ground looking at him to see if he’s going to ask me if I’m okay. And I see him laughing with his friends (laughs). After that, in any movie I can take shots from anyonei”.
Medellin is available on Prime Video.