This Thursday, March 18, the Melody channel is rebroadcasting the documentary Hugues Aufray: straight in his cowboy boots. If some did not know, the interpreter of Santiano, who is best known for his singing career, has also tried his hand at the cinema.
It is a memory that marked him. If he became a famous singer, Hugues Aufray has yielded to the sirens of the cinema at the end of the 1950s. In the documentary Hugues Aufray: straight in his cowboy boots, rebroadcast this Thursday, March 18 on Melody, the interpreter of Santiano returned to this brief cinematographic parenthesis, which “very badly” as he said: “Why didn’t I have a career in the cinema? Yes I could have indeed (…) I was not a bad boy, but I don’t have the temperament of an actor “, observed the one who preferred to go to the song.
Chosen by Henri-Georges Clouzot to play in The truth, where he shared the poster with Brigitte Bardot, Hugues Aufray had some friction with the director, as he confided at the time to Philippe Gildas: “The bad memory is Clouzot. He used to direct the actors in a way that I personally did not know. There was a humiliating and violent side. It upset me“, explained the artist in the documentary Hugues Aufray: straight in his cowboy boots. “Revolt”, he almost came to blows: “After the first day, I said to my wife, to Helene: ‘Either I break his face, or I go away“, he confided. It was too much for him.
“The violence and vulgarity of Clouzot made me give up the role”
If he preferred to interrupt the shooting, Hugues Aufray however keep “a good memory” of his playing partner. In June 2015, on the plateau of It’s on the program, the one who shares his life with Muriel had already come back to this bad memory of cinema. He then confided: “Brigitte Bardot had done everything to help me, she had been adorable. “
But the support of the actress was obviously not enough, since the person concerned decided to slam the door.“Clouzot’s violence and vulgarity made me give up the role while I had the main role of The Truth with Bardot. “ When it was released in theaters, the film was highly praised, to the point of being named in the category “best foreign language film” at the Oscars ceremony in 1961.
Photo credits: Screenshot Melody
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