The interpreter of Popeye in The Bronzed spoke about the disappearance of his actor friend a few days before the release of the work The Splendid on the Splendid .
He comes out of silence a month after the death of Michel Blanc. In an interview with the magazine The Parisian , the actor spoke about the sudden disappearance of his friend Michel Blanc, who died suddenly on October 3 at the age of 72. When asked why the troops spoke so little – with the exception of Josiane Balasko (very quickly) at the funeral – Thierry Lhermite cuts it short: « We didn’t want to. We are not forced to share our pain. I don’t feel any obligation of any kind, especially when hot. »
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A few days before the release of the book The Splendid on the Splendidpublished on November 21 for the troupe’s 50th anniversary, Thierry Lhermite agreed to describe his reaction when receiving the work to make his corrections at the end of September: « I found the texts so warm. At first I only read what I had written to check for bullshit. The day Michel died, I didn’t sleep, I read everything he had written, it shocked me. And then I read what everyone had done and it was so cool. These are love letters we write to each other »he confides to Parisian. Before concluding: « What I said to Michel in it was recorded a month before his death, I was happy at the idea of him discovering it, but he must not have had time to read it. The confirmation was three days before his disappearance. Has he read everything? I don’t know anything about it. »
Before his death, the unforgettable Jean-Claude Dusse had, like all his comrades, participated in the book The Splendid on the Splendid, by commenting on photos of his choice, from his high school years to photos of the Honorary César awarded to the Splendid in 2021.