Will Ferrell almost starred in the remake of Lend Me Your Hand

The comedy with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Alain Chabat will return this evening on France 3.

At 9:10 p.m. on Channel 3, Alain Chabat will make his whole family believe that he is about to marry Charlotte Gainsbourgexhausted by the incessant remarks on his status as an eternal bachelor.

In 2006, give me your hand was a great success, receiving good reviews –“Stocked with excellent Chabatian lines (the original idea for the film, which he co-wrote, came from him), this third feature by Eric Lartigau applies the recipe for American comedies to the letter by mixing a simple and effective pitch with an improbable love story. Come on, put the ring on your finger.”we wrote for example in First– and attracting more than 3 million curious people to French cinemas. But did you know that it was almost remade in Hollywood in 2010?

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“Alain Chabat’s touch is starting to take hold in the United States, was published on January 27, 2010, relaying an announcement from the American site Pajiba. Will Ferrell has agreed to star in the remake of Give me your hand.

Little by little, Alain Chabat is making his mark in the United States. Some projects he produces there are still in development like the remake ofA little game without consequences which almost happened with Cameron Diaz and Jim Carrey, directed by Gabriele Muccino a handful of years ago. Ang Lee, approached to replace the Italian director, would also be interested in it again. Other projects are transfers like A thousand wordswhich he was to make in France with Gad Elmaleh about a man who only has a thousand words to say before he dies, was filmed with Eddie Murphy.

But the most exciting thing is very recent: Will Ferell has reportedly agreed to reprise the role of Chabat in I Do: How to get married and stay singletitle of the remake of give me your hand. We are now waiting to know which actresses will be offered the roles played by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Bernadette Lafont.

As for the cult scene where Gainsbourg rode on Shabbat in SM outfit, we can trust Ferell to remake it as is. I Do… should not, however, see the light of day until the comic star has completed his comedy on Sherlock Holmes with Sacha Baron Cohen and Anchorman 2.”

Ultimately, in the months following this announcement, the project did not see the light of day. Conceived without even having an assigned screenwriter or director, this remake project was not developed.

Touring enormously, Will Ferrell on the other hand appeared in Very Bad Copsto the dubbing of Megamindin the series The Office or 30 Rock between 2010 and 2012. Living legendsFollowing Featured presenter, was released a year later (with Frenchwoman Marion Cotillard in the cast, by the way). As for Holmes and Watsonby Etan Cohen (screenwriter ofIdidiocracyamong others), it was filmed much later and no longer with Sacha Baron Cohen: in 2018, this comedy marked the reunion between the two stars of Brothers in spite of themselvesWill Ferrell and John C. Reilly.

The trailer for give me your hand :

Alain Chabat: “I never had an obsession with dramatic roles”