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He didn’t know the story of his role before! From December 21st, “Girl You Know It’s True” will finally flicker across the big screens. The drama is about the band Milli Vanilli and how she achieved great fame in the 80s before her success came to an abrupt end with a major scandal. Elan Ben Ali takes on one of the main roles in the film and embodies the singer Fabrice Morvan (57). How Elan reveals to Promiflash that he has the huge one Milli-Vanilli scandal but had no idea!
“I didn’t know anything about the scandal, I didn’t even know the band,” the actor admits to Promiflash at the film’s premiere. But after he was accepted for the role, he went with it Milli Vanilli explained – the main actor liked the music straight away. He also met with Fab. “I’m recreating his life and that’s why I was so grateful to have him there. It was really emotional at the end. We just hugged each other […]. “He likes the film and that means a lot to me,” reports Elan.
For Elan The big cinema project was a completely new experience. “It’s my dessert in a way because I spent a lot of time at drama school,” he explains. He worked very hard for the role. The actor added: “I hope so Milli-Vanilli fans love the film because we put so much work into it.”
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![Elan Ben Ali, Matthias Schweighöfer, Tijan Njie and Fabrice Morvan](https://content1.promiflash.de/article-images/video_480/elan-ben-ali-matthias-schweighoefer-tijan-njie-und-fabrice-morvan-posieren.jpg)
![Fab Morvan and Elan Ben Ali at the "Girl You Know It's True"-Premiere](https://content3.promiflash.de/article-images/video_480/fab-morvan-und-elan-ben-ali-posieren.jpg)