He is odious Benoît Poelvoorde in colors of fire of Clovis Cornillac and he is proud of it! “I’ve always had a taste for these little chef characters,” he confides to 20 Minutes. This sequel toGoodbye up there inspired by the novel by Pierre Lemaitre, gives him the opportunity to fully satisfy his passion for the roles of bastard.
Spurned by a beautiful heiress, this jealous man leads her to ruin but that’s without counting the beauty’s ingenuity to take revenge on this unscrupulous being. “I don’t find him that bad, explains Benoît Poelvoorde, but it’s surprising to see what you can do for love or lack of love. »
A compositional role
Supported by a greedy politician (Olivier Gourmet), this financier has dreams of grandeur that will lead him to his downfall to the delight of a spectator who loves to hate this unbearable character. “Clovis Cornillac wanted to give a humorous side to this guy”, insists the actor who took care of his appearance to embody him. “With my little villain mustache, my little bastard head and my handle in the foundation, I created what he was supposed to be. However, Benoît Poelvoorde wasted no time in preparation. “I’m instinctive,” he says. The hardest thing for me was getting used to the text, which is very literary. »
He is as disturbing as he is irresistible when you see him sticking out a little pink tongue during the presentation of an invention or when he mistreats his employees. “I wondered if I would be able to behave in such an atrocious way, he admits. And, as I answered “no” to this question, I deduce that it is for me a role of composition. His palpable jubilation to give substance to this dirty guy brings real relief to the film as well as to the actions that the heroine and her driver lover, played by Clovis Cornillac himself, are simmering. One thinks of Louis de Funès in front of his fits of fury provoking laughter and discomfort. “De Funès is one of my gods, so I take it as a compliment,” he said.
A scary collaborator
Benoît Poelvoorde likes the roles of bastards so much that he is not done with them. “It’s fun to play this kind of thing and I dream that I’m now entrusted with a role of dry and cold collaborator which is really scary. “Here is something to give filmmakers grain to grind after his gratifying performance in Colors of fire.