It is 7:30 p.m., on July 26, when France 2 launched the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. During this introduction recorded upstream at the Stade de France, Jamel Debbouze arrives with the flame in an empty enclosure, the extraordinary ceremony staged by Thomas Jolly obviously taking place on the Seine to conclude at Trocadéro. The humorist then came across Zinedine Zidane, his lifelong idol.
“Zizou-Christ!” »»launches the Trappist to the Marseillais, who will take care of bringing the flame back into the center of the capital.
Eight months after this memorable evening baptized The Olympic Seinethe site of the Olympic Games reveals behind the scenes of the ceremony in a documentary named The Grande Seine. The sequence between Jamel and “Zizou” at the SDF, where the legendary number 10 of the French team obviously won the World Cup in 1998, is very fun.
Zidane disappointed in front of Jamel Debbouze
In front of the cameras installed on the (Violette) track of the Stade de France, Jamel Debbouze is unable to keep his seriousness.
“He's stupid this one”reacts the first time Zidane, who has no control over the star actor ofAsterix and Obelix: Cleopatra mission, who runs around him. “I'm not going to succeed in doing it, I will never arrive!” »»proclaims Debbouze, who launched a little later on the set about the Ballon d'Or 98: “He didn't understand the lesson, we repeated nine days!” »».
Solicited for the opening of the Olympic Opening Ceremony, Zidane, in a tie suit, tried as best they can to play his score. “I always have a good time when I can do something with him, still so funny, I still as serious, so it's okay”he confides to
Olympics.com. The probable future coach of the French team after the 2026 World Cup was reappeared a second time during the ceremony of July 26, 2024, this time live, on the Trocadéro scene, to recover the Olympic flame and transmit it to Rafael Nadal.
