Austrian consul. Jacques Dacqmine : General Moulin, of the DST. Raymond Gérôme : Ghislain Chauffereau, the father-in-law of Jean-Jacques Granianski. Dimitri Rougeul : Geoffroy, one of Granianski's two sons. Jacques Sereys : Defence Minister. André Schmit: Argentinian colonel Augusto Zargas. Philippe Laudenbach : Minister of Home Affairs. Jean-Marie Cornille: Adjoint-general secretary Froment, who walks François Mitterrand's dog. Yves Barsacq : The president's butler. Dan Simkovitch : 2nd class Delphine Granger. : Traveller that Boulier prevents from leaving the toilets at the airport. : Singer who performs the song Robin des Bois (Robin Hood) at the Élysée Palace : President François Mitterrand (voice) Unknown : François Mitterrand, from the back. Unknown : Helmut Kohl, from the back. Jean-Marie Poiré : A client at the cafeteria of the gas station(cameo) Production Genesis and development Christian Clavier and Jean-Marie Poiré pitched the film to producer Alain Terzian over dinner one evening. He was enthusiastic, but unsure about the title. He suggested renaming the film Le Squale (after the main character), but the authors preferred to retain the original title. Jean-Marie Poiré had great difficulty getting the project started because of his recent failure with Mes meilleurs copains. Casting Gérard Depardieu was initially asked to play "Le Squale", though in the end he refused. He nevertheless shot Les Anges gardiens with Jean-Marie Poiré and Christian Clavier four years later. Other actors were considered, such as Daniel Auteuil (who was shooting Lacenaire), Thierry Lhermitte, Gérard Lanvin, Pierre Arditi, and Bernard Giraudeau. It was Marie-Anne Chazel, companion of Christian Clavier, who suggested Jean Reno for the role of "Le Squale". Producer Alain Terzian, in an interview with Première, narrated the hiring of Jean Reno: Jean-Marie Poiré had great faith in this duo, which mixed the generations of Le Splendid with Christian Clavier and The Big Blue with Jean Reno. Catherine Jacob had to turn down the part of Marie-Laurence Granianski because she was already cast in Merci la vie, directed by Bertrand Blier. Ironically, she received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress alongside Valérie Lemercier who was cast as Marie-Laurence Granianski. Carole Bouquet was also approached for the role. It was Françoise Menidrey, a casting director, who suggested that Jean-Marie Poiré and Alain Terzian see a performance of the play Un fil à la patte at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal and pay attention to one of the supporting actresses, Valérie Lemercier: Poiré and Terzian