Asterix at the Olympic Games (French: Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques) is a 2008 French fantasy comedy film directed by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann, and written by Langmann, Alexandre Charlot, and Frank Magnier, based on characters from René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Astérix comic series. It was filmed primarily in Spain over the course of the year 2006.
Synopsis[]
Astérix and Obélix must win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Lovesix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.
Cast[]
- Gérard Depardieu as Obélix
- Clovis Cornillac as Astérix
- Benoît Poelvoorde as Brutus
- Alain Delon as Jules César
- Vanessa Hessler as Princesse Irina
- Franck Dubosc as Assurancetourix
- José Garcia as Couverdepus
- Stéphane Rousseau as Alafolix
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Panoramix
- Elie Semoun as Omega
- Alexandre Astier as Mordicus
- Santiago Segura as Docteurmabus
- Michael Bully Herbig as Pasunmotdeplus
- Bouli Lanners as Samagas
- Jerôme Le Banner as Claudius Cornedurus
- Jamel Debbouze as Numérobis
- Luca Bizzarri as Alpha
- Adriana Karembeu as Mme Agecanonix
- Paolo Kessisoglu as Beta
- Sim as Agecanonix
- Nathan Jones as Humungus
- Mónica Cruz as Esmeralda
- Michael Schumacher as Schumix
- Jean Todt as Le patron de Shumix
- Zinédine Zidane as Numérodis
- Tony Parker as Tonus Parker
- Amélie Mauresmo as Amélix
- Patrice Thibaud as L'Entraineur
- Farid Khider as Lanceur Javelot Grec
- Vincent Moscato as Le lutteur Goth
- Stéphane De Groodt as Numéric
- Dany Brillant as Gouteur miroir
- Eric Thomas as Abraracourcix
- Francis Lalanne as Lalanix
- Jean Pierre Castaldi as Castaldus
- Enrico Brignano as Commentateur Sportif
- Eduardo Gomez as Cétautomatix
- Eduardo Mac Gregor as Un druide
- Arsène Mosca as Secrétaire du Roi
- Delphine Depardieu as Servante Irina
- Dorothée Jemma as Bonnemine
- Mouloud Achour as Mouloudus
- Mustapha El Atrassi as Soldat Romain 1
- Rachid Bouchareb as Athlète Égyptien
- Jean Christophe Barc as Civil Grec 1
- Choukki Gtari as Escorte Numérobis
- P. Ardura as Commissaire de Course
- Christophe Boyer de Choisy as Athlète Flamme
- Ludovic Bauer as Prétorien 1
- Michel Berre as Centurion
- Javier Cidoncha as 3ème Enfant Gaulois
- Cyril Corral as Légionnaire Grec Site
- Mohamed Debbouze as Secrétaire Numérobis
- Laurent Devaux as Prétorien 3
- Frederic Forestier as Légionnaire Romain 1 Site
- Tony Gaultier as Ordralphabetix
- S. Guabintani as Marchand Site 2
- Aron Kirman as Un Athlète Romain
- Bernard Lopez as Un gaulois
- A. Lora as Contremaitre Galère
- Inigo Navares Candela as 6ème Enfant Gaulois
- M. Oudjail as Marchand Site 1
- Yann Palleiro as Prétorien 2
- R. Peralta as Fauconnier
- Micha Rivault as Légionnaire 2 Camp Brutus
- Romain Tideschini as Patafix
- Luis Valdivieso Capell as Nésousix
- Christophe Vassort as Légionnaire Palissade
Voix[]
- Pierre Tchernia as Narrateur
Non crédité[]
- One of the dogs as Idéfix
- Majid Mumtaz Ahmad as Lettrebis-Journaliste Égyptien
- David M. Antón as A romain / Un domestique
- Alfredo Belda as Roman
- Lucia De La Guía as Goda
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Un druide
- Paco Escribano as Roman
- Anabel Mateu as Maid
- Roland Menou
- Keith Nicol as Gaul
- Arnold Overhaart as Stopix
- Michail Krasnoborov Redwood as Moveric-Ferrari
There is a cameo of Adriana Karembeu as Mrs. Geriatrix and Jamel Debbouze reprises his role as Numerobis. German comedy star and director Michael Bully Herbig has a bit-part as a mute Roman soldier. Italian comedy actor Enrico Brignano appears as a reporter.
The film featured several cameos by real-life sports stars, such as Michael Schumacher, Jean Todt, Zinedine Zidane, Tony Parker, and Amélie Mauresmo. The part of Roman athlete Claudius Cornedurus (Gluteus Maximus), played by Jérôme Le Banner, was originally to be played by Jean-Claude Van Damme.[1] [2]