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In 2010 Michaël Youn’s very first film as a director was released: Fatal, broadcast on Sunday July 23, 2023 at 9:05 p.m. on W9. In this completely delirious feature film regarding a rapper in search of meaning in his life, the actor known for his roles in La Beuze (2003), Iznogoud (2005), or Rendez-vous chez les Malawas (2019) plays Robert Lafondue, alias Fatal Bazooka. His main adversary in the film, Chris Prolls, an eco-musician who does “electro-bio” and prefers to defecate in his garden to preserve groundwater, is played by Stéphane Rousseau. But since the release of the film 13 years ago, what has become of the Canadian comedian?
How did the filming of Fatal go for Stéphane Rousseau and Michaël Youn?
In an interview given to Télé-Loisirs when the film was released, Stéphane Rousseau described his character as “a little more aware, very politically correct. Even if his primary goal is to sell albums, he is a vegetarian, eats absolutely nothing, and rides a bicycle”. Even if the days of filming in skinny pants were sometimes a bit suffocating, he is delighted to have been able to share this experience with Michaël Youn. The director said of his recruit in the film’s press kit that he “gives off a universal Jean Claude Van Damme side, of the kind I speak to the earth as a whole, which [lui] it rained a lot. In the screenplay, the role was a bit trendier, à la Julien Doré, but Stéphane gave it a more popular dimension which I immediately liked. He has so much presence on the screen, he is so graphic, that the question of whether it was him or not cannot be asked. ” After the success of the film, the Canadian comedian appeared once more in the cinema in two films by his ex-girlfriend Reem Kherici: Paris at all costs (2013) and D-Day (2017).
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Stéphane Rousseau: from child born into a family touched by cancer to acclaimed comedian
For 10 years, Stéphane Rousseau, who welcomed a little boy in 2008, has worked mainly in Canada, where he is from. After a few film shoots, he worked in 2022 on the medical series Stat. On Instagramon March 17, 2023, he wrote: “Last day of filming on Stat. What an exciting year thanks to this extraordinary project. […] Despite the workload, there was plenty of laughter! A great experience… Can’t wait for the second season”. While waiting for this one, the actor can devote himself to his two other passions: drawing and writing. If many of his works are available on its website, his first autobiographical book, published in October 2022 by KO editions, allows us to dive into his life and his past as a bruised child. Royal Family tells the story of a “family that navigates between the dysfunctional and the magical; the factory and the nudist campsites; the incurable diseases [son père, sa mère et sa sœur sont morts du cancer, ndlr] and the party ; the unspoken and drink; the middle class and the crazy success of a star son”. The Quebec newspaper reveals that it is thanks to humor that Stéphane Rousseau managed to get out of it, leaving “on tour in the bars of Quebec in the company of Roméo Pérusse, even in the bars of dancers”. After the release of this book, it was with 7 days that the 56-year-old comedian talks regarding his upcoming project: a new show. For the time being, neither scenario nor date have been revealed. The idea is still germinating in the mind of the one who went on stage for the last time in 2016 with Stéphane Rousseau breaks the ice. In the meantime, it will be possible to hear him dub a character in Toopy and Binoo: The film, alongside Xavier Dolan and Anne Dorval.
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