Rémy Legaludec

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Rémy Legaludec is a character in the novel, The Da Vinci Code. In the 2006 film based on the novel, his name is changed to Remy Jean and is portrayed by Jean-Yves Berteloot. However, in the extended edition of the film, he is referred to as as Rémy Legaludec by Lieutenant Jérôme Collet.

[edit] Story in the novel

Rémy is the butler of Sir Leigh Teabing, who lives in Château Villette. Before the ending of the story, he is the only person who knows Teabing's secret identity as The Teacher, the mysterious figure who instructs Bishop Manuel Aringarosa and Silas to do his bidding in order to retrieve a keystone which enables him to find the legendary Holy Grail.

When Robert Langdon, framed suspect of the murder of Jacques Saunière, and Saunière's granddaughter Sophie Neveu visit Teabing late at night to seek for help, Teabing willingly accepts, and the three escape via Teabing's private jet along with Rémy and Silas (who trespassed into the house and was tied up). At Teabing's orders, Rémy drives them to the Temple Church in London. Teabing, Langdon and Sophie enter, giving an opportunity for Rémy to conduct a fake kidnapping scene, in which he reveals to Silas that he is also working for the Teacher and instructs him to kidnap Teabing and leave by their limousine. However, Rémy panics when Langdon threatens to destroy the keystone and shows his face. Although the kidnapping scene was still successful, Teabing knew he had to get rid of Rémy to prevent himself from being suspected in the future. After calling Silas to go away for some rest, he kills Rémy by putting some peanut powder in his cognac – Rémy was allergic to peanuts.

[edit] Story in the film

Besides having his name changed, Remy's story is also slightly altered in the film. In the novel, he told Silas that he was a follower of the Teacher, but in the film he lied to Silas that he himself was the Teacher. Later on, he is not killed by Teabing in the car, but on wasteland opposite London's Millennium Dome. The film also doesn't specifically imply that he was killed by peanut powder. Whilst drinking from a flask, he states that the Teacher's identity would go to the grave with him shortly before convulsing and dying.

In the extended edition of the film, there is a new scene in which Lieutenant Jérôme Collet mentions that Remy is allergic to peanuts. However, this seems useless in the film, as in another scene Captain Bezu Fache states that Remy was poisoned by Leigh Teabing.

[edit] Trivia

• Rémy Martin is a famous brand of cognac, and ironically Rémy dies after drinking cognac.