Ewan McGregor: this role made cult by Fernandel that he will soon interpret

After The dinner of idiots, Taxi, Nikita or Visitors, another French cult film should be entitled to an American remake. It is a comedy, with Ewan McGregor in the role immortalized by Fernandel.

Released in 1959, The cow and the prisoner East the eighth and final collaboration between director Henri Verneuil and his favorite actor Fernandel. More than fifty years after the death of the genius of humor, his roles continue to mark the generations. This Thursday, April 20, Véronique Verneuil made revelations about the cult film in the show The keys of a life broadcast on Sud Radio. Indeed, a project is being framed with the iconic Ewan McGregor. “I’m glad you mentioned it because obviously it’s Henri’s cult film”began by launching the journalist before announcing a major news.

Un remake made in USA

Véronique Verneuil said a little more about the remake project later. “I don’t know if you are aware, but there is Marc Foster who is a filmmaker who made James Bond (…) He has just bought the rights to The cow and the prisoner. The Americans are currently working on a remake of The cow and the prisoner with Ewan McGregor in the lead role“, she explained. Unlike Fernandel’s character, the star of the series Obi-Wan Kenobi will not be a peasant but a parachutist. It remains to be seen whether the temporality will be preserved given that the story originally takes place in 1943. This is not the first time that a French film has been taken up in the United States, with American sauce, since it has already been the case LOL, Le Dîner de cons, Taxi, An Indian in town, Nikita, The Visitors and many others.

What is the story of The Cow and the Prisoner?

For those who don’t know The cow and the prisoner, the story traces the life of Charles Bailly. One fine day, this prisoner of war will escape to return to France. For this, he is going to use a cow, Marguerite, and a bucket of milk to cross Germany, traveling ten kilometers a day in order to cover 250 km in 25 days to the Stuttgart marshalling station where he plans to hide on a train leaving for Paris. After a failed attempt, he will want to repeat the experience. Only then, the animal gets lost in a herd of cows. The cow and the prisoner remains Fernandel’s second greatest success behind The little world of Don Camillo.

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