Christophe Dechavanne: “Le Mans is a race that I would dream of doing again”

It seems you wanted to be a stuntman?

When I was little, in fact, I didn't want to become a firefighter, actor or doctor, no! I wanted to be a stuntman. I went to see all the shows possible with my father in Normandy, the cars passing through the fire, the jumps or the two-wheelers. It was the great era of films with Rémy Julienne's stunts. In the early 2000s, I remember calling Luc Besson to tell him: “ Please, in the next Taxi, make me drive a box because driving at full speed in the streets of Marseille is a fantasy ". I really dream of being recruited to perform a stunt on a film, arriving with a car in the way, it's great. I've done one car action scene in my life. It was during a TV film for TF1, which was called “ A family matter » in which I play the role of a police officer. However, on one scene, it was not at all planned, I arrived at the handbrake with the body across. I jump out of the car and slam my calf. (Laughter) I had to hide that I was hurt for the rest of that scene.

Show us this Mercedes E55 AMG!

I think it will become a collector's model. I like old ones, as someone else would say, and so you have to take care of them. She's a grandmother from 2005. I never let the slightest problem that could happen to her linger. A little “fart” and presto! She leaves to be repaired. We changed the brakes, the electronic box. It's like new. When I take it for service, the guys at Mercedes are happy because it's one of those that is well preserved, so it's easy to work on.