Friday, May 18, 2012 METRO

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Weekend

Axl Rose leads Guns N Roses into their new British tour p43

Films

Can The Dictator follow Borat and Bruno? p48

WIREIMAGE

ROCK
CHRIS ROCK swaps motormouth comedy for French art house By Anna Smith

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Mingus is thrown into a whirl of confusion and embarrassment that puts his relationship to the test. I dont speak a word of French, admits Rock readily, sitting in a hotel suite overlooking the sights of the historic Paris district of Madeleine. Rehearsals were really confusing. I think I only did

M really in a French movie! exclaims Chris Rock, as if hes still slightly stunned about this turn of events. True, its not every day you see a world-famous US comedian in a part-subtitled European production. When we meet, Rock is in Paris for the premiere of 2 Days In New York, actor/

director Julie Delpys follow up to romantic drama 2 Days In Paris, which co-starred Adam Goldberg as the love interest. It seems Delpys character, Marion, has moved on: Rock plays Mingus, her current boyfriend. But he has yet to meet the parents. When Marions French family descend on the Big Apple with their free-living ways,

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