INTERVIEW
When he was young, Bruno Salomone did "lots of odd jobs, each more improbable than the other". An example ? He ended up in a plush costume among Disneyland visitors, including ... Michael Jackson! An incredible anecdote which he remembers at the microphone of Isabelle Morizet, in There is not only one life in life on Europe 1.
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"I am told: put yourself in socks"
"I was at the ANPE du spectacle, I was looking for work," says Bruno Salomone. "I have a friend who says to me: 'they are looking for actors for a Disney film, a commercial film'. I arrive [at the casting, editor's note] and they tell me: 'put yourself in socks, there is a dancing guy, you're the dancing guy. I thought it was for the movie ... "
It's actually to embody ... Goofy, in the alleys of the amusement park. "I am 21, 22 years old, I am completely carefree, I am happy to go crazy, I meet lots of people", laughs Bruno Salomone. For a pay of 300 francs, the actor surveys Eurodisney under his costume. "It taught me a lot. I learned mime."
"A photo" with Michael Jackson
And it is there, disguised as a plush, that Bruno Salomone experiences one of the most improbable moments of his life: he meets Michael Jackson, in the flesh, delighted to meet Goofy! "He took a photo with me," recalls the actor ... awakening an old memory at Isabelle Morizet, who herself met the king of pop - and sang a duet with him.