'Edmond' trivia and fun facts
Getting into character
The transformation of Thomas Solivérès into Edmond began with the mustache and then the hairstyle, which was not obvious. This character was losing hair while the young comedian has a lot.
They met before
Alexis Michalik, Benjamin Bellecour, Simon Abkarian and Marc Citti had already played together in the Kaboul Kitchen series.
Cyrano de Bergerac
'Cyrano de Bergerac' is one of the plays most famous in all France. It has adaptations in opera, ballet, comic books and of course films, being the adaptation of Jean-Paul Rappeneau with Gérard Depardieu as the protagonist the most famous.
Preparation
Alexis Michalik then began taking notes and went to see producer Alain Goldman who encouraged him to develop a screenplay. Meanwhile, they were also looking for a filmmaker, because at the time, Michalik did not think to realize the film itself.
Unusual locations
'Edmond' was shot in the Czech Republic and especially in Prague, where Alexis Michalik and his team disguised the streets to recreate those of Paris in the late nineteenth century.
End creditos
Whereas the movie in Germany is available in a German dubbed version, the clips during the end credits are shown in the original languages.
Long project
'Edmond' is a project that Alexis Michalik has been wearing for more than fifteen years. The first hit came in 1999, when he saw 'Shakespeare In Love'.