Jean Girard
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Jean Girard is a fictional Formula One racer in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. He joins NASCAR and is Ricky Bobby’s rival. Jean Girard is played by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
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Jean Girard is a champion Formula One racer who is said to be the best in the world. He is a gay Frenchman who is married to Gregory (Andy Richter). He joins NASCAR so he can race against Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell).
When Jean and Ricky first meet, they are in a bar where Girard interrupts Ricky's victory party by playing Jazz music from the Jukebox. Jean Girard claims he is the best racer outside of the US and wishes to beat Ricky Bobby for Nascar Supremacy. Ricky appears in a very hostile manner attempting to attack Jean Girard who outmanuevers him putting him in an arm lock where he then breaks Ricky's arm because he refused to say “I Love Crepes”. As Girard leaves the bar, he introduces his husband Gregory where their homosexual marriage then shocks everyone in the bar in addition to the ESPN reporters who read Jean Girard's Formula One profile. Jean outperforms Ricky on the track and becomes NASCAR's top driver. During their first race Jean is able to win and Ricky’s car crashes. Ricky confronts Jean for a rematch where Jean Girard claims he has been waiting for this moment for Ricky to rechallenge him. After Jean confesses that "My husband Gregory and I wish for that which every other couple wishes for, to tame Komodo dragons in Sri Lanka and teach them to perform Hamlet" he compares himself to The Beatles and Diane Sawyer who were taken over by predecessors The Rolling Stones and Katie Couric to whom he compares Ricky Bobby. He refuses to simply let Ricky win telling him he will have to beat him on the track to force his championship retirement.
In the final race at the Talladega 500 both their cars crash and they make a run to the finish line where Ricky wins. To show a sign of friendship Ricky kisses Jean in the middle of the track.You never find out if Jean Girard goes to Sri Lanka to tame Komodo dragons and teach them Hamlet.
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- Like Ricky Bobby in America, in France the names Jean and Girard are both common first names.
