The legendary French stuntman Rémy Julienne was carried off by the Covid-19 on the night of Thursday to Friday at the age of 90. He had been in intensive care for more than two weeks in the hospital of Montargis, in the Loiret. "What was bound to happen happened, he left us at the end of the evening [Thursday]. It was predictable, he was on artificial respiration," a relative of the stuntman told AFP.
A key figure in French cinema, Rémy Julienne has 1,400 productions to his credit, including 400 films. He began his career in 1964, on the set of Fantômas, dubbing the actor Jean Marais. At that time, he had just won the title of French motocross champion.
James Bond
A specialist in stunts of all kinds, he later directed the figures of famous actors of the seventh art such as Yves Montand, Alain Delon, Sean Connery and Roger Moore in the service of Agent 007. "Without Rémy Julienne, James Bond would never have existed," reacted British actor Roger Moore.
His stunts also appear in the credits of many other films: The Constable Gets Married (Jean Girault, 1968), then The Brain (Gérard Oury, 1969), The Atlantic Wall (1970, Marcel Camus), On a Perched Tree (Serge Korber, 1970), Adventure is Adventure (Claude Lelouch, 1972), The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (Gérard Oury, 1973), The Wing or the Thigh (Claude Zidi, 1976) or The Solitaire (Jacques Deray, 1987).
For many, the stuntman's most emblematic appearance is a scene shot for Georges Lautner's film Le Guignolo, released in 1980. It shows Belmondo flying over Venice with the strength of his arms alone, hanging from a helicopter.
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