Franck Dubosc: “I pissed him off”, he says everything about his relationship with Benoît Poelvoorde

Tuesday, December 31, 2024, Franck Dubosc and Benoît Poelvoorde gave an interview to Le Parisien. À on the occasion of the release of the film A Bear in the Jura, which the former directed, the latter said everything about his relationship with the Belgian actor.

© BestImage Franck Dubosc spoke about his relationship with Benoît Poelvoorde.

IN BRIEF

• On January 1, 2025, Franck Dubosc will release his film 'Un ours dans le Jura', with Michel and Cathy, a couple in crisis, at the heart of the plot.
• Benoît Poelvoorde shares his experience of working with Franck Dubosc, highlighting their immediate understanding and the rigor of the director.
• Discover how Franck Dubosc was able to direct with humor and rigor to bring this dark comedy to life.

A hilarious dark comedy… Wednesday, January 1, 2025, the new film by Franck Dubosc as director, A Bear in the Jura, will be released in theaters.In this one, Michel and Cathy, a couple worn down by time and financial difficulties, no longer really talk to each other until the day Michel, to avoid a bear on the road, hits a car and kills the two occupants.

Tuesday, December 31, 2024, for Le Parisien, Benoît Poelvoorde remembered meeting Franck Dubosc after sending the script. “We ate together at the restaurant and, really, Franck touched me. We immediately discussed the clichés and preconceptions that we convey. Franck, he's handsome and, a bit like very pretty girls, you might think that he plays on his physique. And then, since he's been on stage and Camping, some people think that he's this guy in his underwear who makes jokes”, he said.

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Benoît Poelvoorde: “We got along well right away”

According to him, when he met Franck Dubosc, he didn't “have to deal with a guy who was trying to have a joke contest with me”. “I found myself facing a little boy who said to me: “I like a job well done. That's what I want to do”. We got on well right away”, he assured.

For his part, Franck Dubosc indicated : “The first time I spoke to Benoît on the phone, I felt like we already knew each other. There are similarities between our two careers: he started out being funny and then he went all over the place. We could have done comedies before together and it didn't happen”.

Franck Dubosc: “I never let go”

Asked about the way he had directed Benoît Poelvoorde, it was with humor that Franck Dubosc declared: “I did it ch… But at the end, he said to me: 'My Francky, I understand why you did me ch…!'“. Assuring that the director had the film in his head, Benoît Poelvoorde said: “I had never done so much preparatory reading. À the first reading, we were all alone in his office, there were two pralines and he was already starting to correct me. I told him: 'Wait until I'm up!'”.

Amused, the Belgian actor assured that he understood from the first day of filming that Franck Dubosc wouldn't let him get by. “At the beginning, I struggled. I'm a lazy actor, I replace one word with another… I didn't know my lines. After three days, I learned it“, he said before Franck Dubosc added: “I never let go of him, but he taught me that when you have an actor who is a high-end instrument, you have to let him play”.