PROFILE: NICOLAS DE VILLIERS
President Putin has sweet eyes. He’s very attentive. He says kind words to put you at ease. The European media show him as a serious guy who never laughs, but that’s not the case
We build the project, train the staff and write the story. In our projects in Russia and the UK, we’re following this methodology. Puy du Fou manages every aspect, but we’re not investors and we don’t put a single euro into projects abroad.
Are you planning a project in China? For now, China is just a discussion. There are several interested potential partners. Any partner we work with has to accept our methodology: we need to agree on the budget; we need to agree on the staff. Moreover, we need to agree on the content.
Can you explain the creative inspiration? We approach a number of historians in the search for good stories: a love story, a spectacular event, drama, miracles. In Russia, the scripts mix fact with legendary characters to make an original show.
So the content doesn’t have to be completely historically accurate? We’re not teachers and we don’t want to teach people history. We want to educate and entertain at the same time.
Puy du Fou’s Philippe de Villiers (left) signed a deal with Vladimir Putin in August 2014
We’ve written the script for Durham and our partners are happy with it. In Moscow, the script will be based on Russian history and in Crimea it will be based on Byzantine history. Everyone’s fascinated by Russia because it’s a compelling and attractive culture.
Is it challenging working in the Crimea? Historically speaking, Crimea was Russian for centuries. It’s complex and we can’t judge. Now Crimea is Russian again. We hope our scheme can provide a peaceful means to help people fi nd their identity, and also be an economic driver.
Puy du Fou offers four historically themed hotels, inspired by Ancient Rome or the Renaissance, for example. More hotels are in the works
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