約束 実行するd 25 years on in TV film 'My Dinner with Herve'

LOS ANGELES, Oct 5 (Reuters) - When 新聞記者/雑誌記者 Sacha Gervasi 始める,決める out to do an interview with diminutive French actor Herve Villechaize, best known for playing an evil henchman in 社債 film "The Man with the Golden Gun," he had no idea that it would become a 25-year 使節団 to get the story published.

Now, Gervasi's night-long interview with Villechaize is finally seeing the light of day in HBO film "My Dinner with Herve," with "Game of 王位s" 星/主役にする Peter Dinklage as the 3-foot-11-インチ (1.19-メーター) tall Villechaize.

"I 手配中の,お尋ね者 to tell it as a newspaper article but the newspaper I was working for 拒絶するd it," Gervasi told Reuters Television.

"In a strange way, a thank you to them for not publishing the story because if they'd published it, there might have not been a film 25 years later.

"I always knew I had to 栄誉(を受ける) the 約束 I made to Herve, which is to one day tell a more truthful story about him which was much more than a catchphrase on a popular TV show," the British 新聞記者/雑誌記者 turned director 追加するd.

Villechaize, who was also known for the line "De 計画(する)! De 計画(する)!" on 1970s television series "Fantasy Island," committed 自殺 in 1993 at age 50 a few weeks after he and Gervasi parted company.

The film 調査するs Villechaize's struggles growing up, his 関係 with his parents, how he got into the film and television 産業 and how his life fell apart.

Dinklage 述べるd Villechaize as "磁石の, he was really theatrical and a lot of fun. He 燃やすd very brightly."

To play the 役割, Dinklage wore prosthetics to give him Villechaize's rounder 直面する and had 声の coaching to perfect a French accent.

"My Dinner with Herve" 首相s on HBO on Oct. 20. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Rollo Ross; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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