In addition to being loved like every film with Bud Spencer, Bomber features a wild Jerry Calà among its supporting characters: not everyone knows it, but his famous catchphrase “libdine, double lust, double lust with a bang” was born on this set. As?
Bomber from 1982, starring Bid Spencer con Jerry Caladirected by Michele Lupois one of Bud’s most beloved films “solo”, but precisely because of theabsence of Terence Hillthe director tried to give free reign to the rising star Jerry, who was called to improvise his verbal delusions. The “lust” of course it already existed in his crazy repertoire of the Cats of Vicolo Miracolithe quartet of which Calà was still part at that time, but his version pronounced in this film has risen to pure cultbecoming a catchphrase and even the synthesis of a career.
Bomber, the double libido and the improvisation of Jerry Calà
Director Michele Lupo e Bid Spencer they had an established relationship even before filming Bomber (1982): they had created together They called him Bulldozer (1978), the bilogy of An extraterrestrial sheriff… little extra and very earthly (1979) e Who knows why… they all happen to me (1980), as well as the western Watch the pen (1981). Spencer had been around for a while now freed from the obligation to pair up with Terence Hillbut Lupo – as Calà said in an interview with Fatto Quotidiano – knew that it was necessary to compensate for the absence with effective comic sidekicks. Jerry Cala he was fresh from the success of the Fichissimi (1981), and right on the set of Bomber, on the advice of Bud Spencer who saw it in the morning too tired due to the evenings spent performing with the Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli, he decided that it would be dedicated to cinema, leaving the quartet. Spurred on by Lupo (here at his latest work) a gagJerry arrived at a fateful scene.
In the story the actor played the owner of a gymwhich convinced a ex-boxer (Bid) a find and train a boxerMeaning what “Giorgione” (Mike Miller, born Stefano Mingardo). Giorgione in the ring gave an effective first blow, so Calà accompanied the success with an inevitable “Lust!” and the characteristic position of the hand under the chin. However, there were more than one hits, and Lupo invited Jerry to exponentially increase his ecstasy. On the second round it was “Double lust!” (underlined by both hands). On the third came the climax: “Lust with a bang!“, with final wrapping of enthusiasm, an imaginary bow tied on the head. “Lust… double lust… amazing lust!” became a battle anthem throughout Jerry Calà’s career, with the variant “Libidine… double libidine… DOUBLE lustful lust!”, when you really want to exaggerate.
Below is the trailer for Bomber.