“Quite odious”: after the death of Michel Blanc, this mixed memory of Christian Clavier

Thursday, December 5, 2024, Christian Clavier was a guest on C à vous on France 5. During the show, the actor discussed his relationship with Michel Blanc.

© France 5 Christian Clavier told é of the memories with Michel Blanc in C à you on France 5.

IN BRIEF

• Michel Blanc, iconic actor, died on October 3 at the age of 72 from Quincke's edema during a medical examination.
• Christian Clavier shared a funny memory on the set of C à vous, mentioning a bowl of fromage blanc spilled on Michel Blanc during a play.
• Discover how Josiane Balasko tried to mask the smell of Michel Blanc's swimsuit with eau de cologne.

He is an actor who left his mark on a whole generation. On October 3, Michel Blanc died at at the age of 72. He was é victim of Quincke's oelig;doma while he was passing a medical examination. Terrible news for the troupe of Splendid, formed 50 years earlier.

Indeed, at the beginning of the 1970s, Michel Blanc, Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Jugnot, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Josiane Balasko distinguished themselves on the theater boards. In 1978, their play Amours, coquillages et crustacés was adapted for the screen in Les Bronzés. A film that would later become a classic of popular French cinema

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Christian Clavier éevoks a memorable memory with Michel Blanc

On Thursday, December 5, Christian Clavier éwas a guest on C à vous on France 5. During the show, Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine insisted on éevoke the piece Loves, shells and crustaceans. “You spilled a bowl of fromage blanc on Michel Blanc's head. It dripped all over his body, even into his swimsuit, which he never washed. Is that true ?” she asked her guest.

Faced with this original question, Christian Clavier answered in the affirmative. Over time, Michel Blanc's swimsuit even ended up reeking of dried fromage blanc. “That's true. We had backstage areas that were relatively small, so it was pretty odious” he recalled with humor.

Josiane Balasko had tried to solve the problem

While Michel Blanc wanted to keep his swimsuit soaked in fromage blanc, the other actors had decided to act. In the book Le Splendid par le Splendid, Josiane Balasko indicates in particular that she had “asperg&eacute the Cologne swimsuit”.

Despite this intervention, Michel Blanc's swimsuit would not have really changed in smell. Christian Clavier confided in this regard: “It was necessary to put the entire bottle. &Cit was quite expensive & at the time, so we didn't want to replace her”. A memorable anecdote that sums up well the good-natured atmosphere between the members of the troupe.