EXCLUDED – We were on the set of the Wages of Fear remake
Julien Leclercq revisits Henri-Georges Clouzot’s classic for Netflix.
The new issue of Firston newsstands this Wednesday, contains a large file on Dune 2 (with exclusive interviews with Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya…). But also an exclusive behind-the-scenes report on the filming of Wages of Fearthe remake directed by Julien Leclercq, for which we can also reveal the release date: March 29 on Netflix.
Excluded – “Dune 2 is a monster, a much more muscular film”
First went to the desert of Ouarzazate, where were filmed Star Wars Or Kingdom of Heavento take the pulse of this rereading of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s classic with Yves Montand and Charles Vanel, released 70 years ago.
An update provided by the director of Robberswith a nice quartet: Sofiane Zermani, Alban Lenoir, Franck Gastambide and Ana Girardotwho discovered a passion for action cinema: “I realized that I was sporty, that I loved shooting and driving hard in the desert!“.
“It’s not a remake, but rather a ‘wink’. We took the key concept from the 1953 film: a crew must drive two large trucks loaded with explosives to blow out a fire in a well of oil. Except that the slightest brake action can cause them to jump with the goods“, explains Julien Leclercq, fed a bottle of film by his trucker father.
“The original is an absolute reference in terms of suspense. The direction is superb, but the film also has its lengths and a slightly dated mentality. We wanted to offer a 2.0 vision for a new generation of spectators: a film of muscular, explosive and tense action, American style!“
The filmmaker promises a very ambitious film, with “more than 3000 shots, like in a blockbuster“, and we are now waiting to discover the first trailer for its Wages of Fear impatiently.
Visit newsstands and our online store to read our entire report in issue 548 of Première.
