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Extract from the Genesis written by Juliette Benzoni in
1996
About
fifteen years ago, a great and
very talented famous actor of my
friends, whose name I cannot
give you, suggested to me the
desire to write a story for
television - preferably in
several episodes - in which he
could be the hero. He had only
two wishes: modern times and, if
possible, Venice. I admit
it: the twentieth century didn't
tempt me very much, my
preferences focused rather on
the Middle Ages in France or
elsewhere.
Juliette was delighted to hear from us that her books about Aldo and his gang fascinated her devoted readers. It's not that she didn't know that the Aldo's adventures were very popular, but it was the first time she had been able to have such close contact with her fans through us! She loved listening and learning what her readers had to say about Prince Aldo, his friend Adalbert Vidal-Pellicorne, his family in Venice or Paris... It was on that same day that she spoke about her dear friend, the famous actor and celebrated author Jean PIAT, Honorary member of the Comédie Française. THE ONE ACTOR everyone always remembers of incarnating on the small screen Robert d'Artois III in the excellent series Les Rois Maudits (Novel by Maurice Druon) For the younger generation, he was also the voice of Gandalf (French Cinéma) in the film The Lord of the Rings. JEAN PIAT's career is long and successful. We could talk about him for hours without end but we have to stay focused on Aldo. I won't forget however to put a link to that great actors page on Wikipedia.→ here We must admit that we were really excited to know now the name of the actor and we agreed without a shadow of a doubt that Jean Piat would have been absolutely The Perfect Choice to play his Highness Prince Aldo Morosini. Because after all, the THE HUNCHBACK OF WARSAW (the first 4 books, (the material for the television adaptation) - was written with him in mind by Juliette Benzoni. Why are we revealing the secret to the public today? We have decided to keep you in confidence because we came into possession of an old article dating back to 1977 where this name had been revealed :
Citation :
Unfortunately,
we will never have another Aldo Morosini adventure
from dear Juliette. Just as we will not have her good
wishes to pass on to you anymore - but we are sure that from where
she is now, she is smiling and saying
«
what an
excellent idea that you let my readers know finally where first came the idea
for the Aldo Morosini saga
»
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