- Vincent Lindon, Belle Maman, France, 1998. On his wedding day, the bridegroom falls for his mother-in-law… well, she is Catherine Deneuve. Chabat was in. Then, non. This caused a major row between director Gabriel Aghion and his friend and agent, Dominique Besnehard – who was also Chabat’s agent. “I quit the agency, ” said Gabriel, “you can’t even persuade Chabat to change his mind.” No, but Besenhard had worked overtime on arranging backing for Aghion’s Pédale douce – #1 French hit of 1996. They later made up and Besnehard repeated his Pédale douce cameo of Riki in Pédale dure, 2010.
- Daniel Auteuil, Aprés vous, France, 2003. Originally, Pierre Salvadori wantedtwo fellow autuers,the actorsChabat and Jean-Pierre Bacri. When they fell out, Auteuil fell in (with José Garcia) because Salvadori’s “personality and his universe seduced me – heloves actors and I need to be loved.”
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