“It is not pretension”: 20 years ago, Clovis Cornillac refused to shoot in these two films of Spielberg and Tarantino

Last February, Clovis Cornillac confided that he had refused a role with Steven Spielberg, without revealing the name of the feature film.

“I knew very well that I was not going to make the film, that I was going to say no. I refused because we block you 6 months for 3 sentences. They don't know the date too much. I have 2 scenes, what do I don't care to work with Spielberg when I have to defend a film in France”he said at the microphone of Legend.

Right now on the poster for the Comedy Holidays forced, the 56 -year -old actor is going around the media for promoting the film. Questioned by Europe 1, he returned to his refusal to shoot for Spielberg and took the opportunity to finally reveal the title of the declined work.

Spielberg and Tarantino, it's no!

“I said no to Spielberg or TarantinoI had proposals from major American directors. Everyone is when they are offering you a shit role. There is a kind of 'chic -ude' to say: I turn with Spielberg. But you know very well how it works “explains Clovis Cornillac.

Everyone is when they are offering you a shit role.

“Basically, you are one of the French-referenced actors, they will shoot a co-production or something like that in France. So they will look for names a little known to offer you a role that is frankly without interest”continues the artist.

The host Thomas Isle then questions him about the title of the Spielberg film refused. The actor answers: “With Spielberg it was Munichwith Tarantino it was Inglourious Basterdsthe role with the villain at the beginning. There was another too, Da Vinci Code“”reveals Clovis Cornillac.

“A role that I would refuse in France, why would I accept it because it is American? I told myself that it was not healthy. But on the other hand, I love their films, and I have a lot of admiration for their work. It is not pretension, it is just to be coherent. It is not really courageous because nobody knows it at the time and I did not miss the film”concluded the actor.

A role that I would refuse in France, why would I accept it because it is American? I told myself that it was not healthy.

No regrets for Clovis?

As some Internet users pointed out in the comments of the Instagram post in Europe 1, Clovis Cornillac may have lacked vista by declining these offers and by calling these proposals as “shit roles”.

In Munich, Mathieu Amalric, Yvan Attal or Mathieu Kassovitz embody relatively important characters in the plot. The same goes for Tarantino, who revealed the talent of Denis Ménochet in the memorable opening scene of Inglourious Basterds.

Be that as it may, the actor does not seem to feed any regret, unlike Tomer Sisley, who experiences remorse concerning his refusal to play in a James Bond, Skyfall. “It's bullshit because it was, for me, the best James Bond”had he admitted on the program What era in June 2024.

As a reminder, Clovis Cornillac triumphed last year in a little extra thing, which brought together more than 10 million spectators. He is currently on the poster forced holidays, a comedy where he replies to Laurent Stocker, Aure Atika and Bertrand Usclat.