Johnny Hallyday wanted to work with Olivier Marchal. Disappeared on December 5, 2017, the singer loved the films of the former policeman. The two men had a theater play project written by the writer and director Denis Parent ( Grand chasseur blanc , Robert Laffont, 2014). "He would have played his own role," says the director of 36 Quai des Orfèvres , to whom Universal offered to shoot a rocker biopic: "I said banco. It will be a way of paying homage to him. ”
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The feature film will recount the dazzling beginnings of the rock star: “We will start from his 18 years until his death without addressing the problems of inheritance , explains Olivier Marchal. Johnny was an adorable, charming guy. He had ten lives, he touched me a lot. He had incredible talent. ”
Laeticia Hallyday will provide her with everything her famous husband kept in her house in Marnes-la-Coquette (Île-de-France). "We will have access to her privacy ," continues Marchal. Michel Jankielewicz, his confidant (the
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