“He’s the star, Messi will interview celebrities in Cannes, I’ll lend him my voice. You’ll give it back to me, right?”he says jokingly to the AFP the french comedian Raphael Mezrahisitting in an armchair next to the well-known eight-year-old “border collie.”
“I will be on all fours behind Messi, it is my voice through Messi that will ask the questions,” he explains. “Now it’s a bit complicated, but later it will be clear.”
In fact, the dog will wear a light device, with a camera and microphone, in front of the celebritieson “the red carpet” or “on the way out of the bathroom,” Mezrahi says.
The one-minute sketch —“Messi, the Cannes Festival seen by a dog” – will have eight episodes that will be broadcast on French channels France 2, France 3, Culturebox and TV5 Monde from May 16.
TikTok will publish the best moments. Each broadcast will be accompanied by a message against the abandonment of pets.
“People tell me that ‘Messi would be better off resting in his garden’, but he knows his garden by heart, he loves people, he lends himself to playing.”Explain Laura Martintrainer and owner of the dog.
The AFP attended, two weeks before the start of the Cannes Film Festivalto the microphone and 360° camera tests on the spine of Messiwith his black and white fur, and happy to be the center of attention of eight people.
“Messi is a fake, clearly”account Martin, 37 years old. One of his sons gave him that name, in tribute to the Argentine soccer star.
This canine trainer for individuals, who works in the cinema to train pets and ensure their well-being, He never thought that “everything would go so far” with Messi.
The dog always accompanied her, but was never selected: “‘Too handsome, takes up too much’ they told me.” So far she means Los Angeles. “Anatomy of a fall”from the French Justine Triethe won Oscar for best script.
The trailer of “Anatomy of a fall”
And the images of the dog with the actors Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper or the singer Billie Eilish They went viral on social networks.
Since then, Messi “has received”as Martin says without giving further details, “an American script”admitting that, indeed, there is much more movement and phone calls in the house.
There is another star in the apartment, Renarda tiny four-year-old female Prague buzzard, who starred alongside Jean Dujardin in the French comedy “Presidents.”
This small animal is “a dog that can be held in your arms, a little shy,” he says.
The action is for Messilike in that scene “Anatomy of a fall” in which he has to appear to have been intoxicated. During two months of preparation, the dog had to learn to put his neck in a certain way and to be carried with a “limp body”, as if he had lost consciousness after vomiting. The fake vomit came out of a tube placed under his snout. “He didn’t like this,” remembers his owner.
The effort was worth it and Messi he won Palm Dog in Cannesan award that is awarded outside the contest for the best canine performance.
Source: Ambito
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