Invited to the microphone of RFM with Bernard Montiel this Sunday, February 13, Kev Adams defined how his film virtually didn't get produced… till a well-known tennis player, additionally his pal, got here to his rescue .
In full promotion of his film MDR retirement residence, directed by Thomas GilouKev Adams was the visitor of Bernard Montiel on RFM this Sunday, February 13. He was additionally decided to not conceal something from the story, the taking pictures, and behind the scenes… of a film that nearly by no means noticed the gentle of day. Indeed, the financing and the manufacturing groups questioned all the pieces, very shortly earlier than the begin of filming. Until his pal, the tennis player Stan Wawrinkadoesn't come to the rescue of the characteristic film, Retirement residence. And not half: he turned co-producer of the film. Interviewed on this friendship, Kev Adams mentioned that the tennis player had certainly actually “saved the movie”. The actor and producer then detailed the course of the manufacturing of the film, during which Jean-Paul Belmondo had refused to play, which gave him chilly sweats. “At one point we had private funding to make this movie and they pulled the plug three weeks before shooting started”dropped Kev Adams.
A pal conquered by the situation
“Before producing a film, there is a preparation phase, and there we were in the preparation”, defined Kev Adams. “Therefore we had already incurred costs… And there, private funding disconnects and says : ‘no, we are no longer making the film'”. Stunned, Kev Adams realizes that the options obtainable to him are few. “So I say to myself: ‘how are we going to do this ?' Because we could have shifted but when you have a cast whose average age is 80, you avoid shifting these things…”, he added. Kev Adams was due to this fact nonetheless making an attempt to unravel his downside, when his pal known as him.
“I have always dreamed of producing cinema”
“And so I'm in deep shit, I inform myself ‘how will I do ?' Then Stan calls me (as a result of we name one another usually to examine in), and he tells me ‘I really feel that it isn't going phew‘, after which I inform him. And he says to me ‘pay attention, I've at all times dreamed of producing cinema, ship me the script'. I ship him the script, and right here it's: three days later, he was co-producer of this film. A gorgeous story that might even be value a screenplay.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias.