Once is not custom: the highlight of the show came shortly after 10:30 p.m. At a time when the most prestigious prizes of the César evening (broadcast live and unencrypted on Canal + from the Olympia) had not yet been awarded, the temperature of the room suddenly warmed up by several degrees . Virginie Efira was in the process of awarding the César d’honneur to filmmaker David Fincher when Brad Pitt landed on stage. The Olympia rose as one man to greet the actor who is currently triumphing in “Babylon” by Damien Chazelle.
With class and humor, the American actor, disheveled hair and the look of a young man despite his 59 years, paid tribute to his fellow director. “I made three films with David Fincher (“Seven”, “Fight Club” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), my name is Brad Pitt and I am a survivor, ”he quipped in reference to the darkness of the feature films of the director. “I adore this man with all my heart,” he continued. “For him, everything is important, all the time… Starting with the story and the character. (…) There is no almost, no approximately. (…) He is warm, he is a cream, he always takes the trouble to explain his vision to you. He’s the funniest bastard I’ve ever met. »
Increasingly invested in France
“My life changed forever that day in 1994 when I had coffee with David Fincher. (…), he confided. What is important: the journey or the destination? It’s the company. I don’t know what to add to that. “You had to look at the faces of the spectators seated in the seats of the Olympia, dazzled, as if in weightlessness… The Caesars therefore finally succeeded in “winning” Brad Pitt: in 2020, the Academy had proposed an Honorary Caesar to American actor. The latter had first given his agreement before retracting.
Since then, things have changed: this fall, Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B Entertainment (“World War Z”, “Twelve Years a Slave”, “Moonlight”, etc.) joined forces with Mediawan, the he company of Pierre-Antoine Capton, which produces “C à vous”, “HPI”, “Dix pour cent”, or the film “November”, by Cédric Jimenez… An exchange of shares which will make the actor and of its two partners shareholders of this booming European group, which has 1,000 employees in 10 countries. “I would love to shoot in France. In Paris, especially,” Brad Pitt told us in December.
A few minutes after the surprise arrival of the American star on stage, the room was still turned upside down. Hilarious, Jérôme Commandeur then had fun with this statuette given to David Fincher “by the masterful Virginie Efira and Mr. Pitt”.