His last movie role was the title role in 'Iznogoud',Ĭasino Royale is the 21st James Bond film producedīy franchise holders Eon Productions. In the last few years, he was sucessfully involved in a number of comedy He started his career asĪ radio DJ, then was dicovered for TV and became host of the popular 'M6 Morningįun'. Michaël Youn ist one of France’s best known comedians. After it was reported that French actor Simon Abkarian hasīeen casted for the role of 'Demetrius', it was taken as fact that Youn was out.īut French media have already speculated that Abkarian and Youn had been testedįor different roles, given their different ages and physics (Youn is 31,Ībkarian is 43 years old), so it looks like a confirmation for that. It was never quite clear wether it was for Le Chiffre himself or maybe a Youn has been rumoured before to have screentested for a villain role in Casino Royale. Too much and adds '…even if I don’t make it into the movie.'

It…' he pauses for a moment as if he was biting his tongue for having revealed Of the 500 actors who haveīeen screentested worldwide, I made it among the final 5, and I’m very proud of It’s a villain who isĪ bit like the 'Joker' in Batman, but more serious. 'They found me fitting for the part,īecause the person I would have to play is a little crazy.