INTERVIEW
France 2 broadcasts Wednesday evening the TV movie Un bad boy , by Xavier Durringer. Worn by Richard Anconina, this fiction tells the story of a man sentenced to adolescence to 25 years in prison for an unpremeditated crime and who will study, take competitions and go out as a lecturer specializing in 17th century literature . A subject that fascinated Richard Anconina. The actor returned on Wednesday in "Culture Media" on how the success of Tchao Pantin , who revealed him in 1983, changed his life.
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Released in December 1983, Tchao Pantin , directed by Claude Berri, obtained in March 1984 five César awards, including that of best supporting male role for Richard Anconina. "The popularity and notoriety are violent and sudden, and that changes everything. It is very pleasant and violent in the strong sense. It leaves traces," said the actor. After the Caesars, the requests rain down for the actor. "I lived in a studio and I had stacks of screenplays on the carpet," he recalls.
"I made films for economic reasons"
"Suddenly, when you become very fashionable and in high profile with a great film and Caesar, everyone thinks it's a very good idea to take you," he jokes. So the actor had to make choices among all these scenarios, keeping in mind that "you have to be fair, stay very lucid and very aware of the characters you have to play."
If the actor of The truth if I lie! does not regret his choice of films after Tchao Pantin , he acknowledges that certain films turned out to be "quite disappointing on arrival" even though he had liked the script. Richard Anconina also admits to having made bad films because he had the feeling of "weakening" by refusing films. "I made films for economic reasons, and I did well to make them," he says.