Who And Where In The World Is Klaus Pierre?

The posts that went up on BoingBoing’s “BBtv” section started early this year: this crazy French-German guy was trying to become the next big American action hero. But who was he? Really? Here’s the most recent BBtv video:

BBtv – Klaus Pierre: Super Pretty Action Hero Star – Boing Boing

There are links to earlier videos, and then if you search YouTube there are other videos, uploaded by the great Klaus Pierre himself. Some of them are very puzzling, as they are completely in French. What? you mean he’s really FRENCH? Intriguing. And then the profile points to his website, KlausPierre.com. Wear sunglasses before clicking the link, not only will you look cool, you’ll be doing yourself a favor, as there are many surprising colors and background images. Oh, the HTMLity! At least there are no blink tags.

But is Klaus Pierre for real? He has a listing at IMDB.com, although it looks a bit like it was tacked on as an afterthought to a cast list for a French short called “Les Anges Malicieux.”

A bit of Googling for the name of the short comes up with an interesting fact: there’s another French-German actor associated with the project, named Arnaud Collery. A comedian, in fact, living in Los Angeles. Who naturally has a blog. With photos.

And the annoying thing is I’m really late to the party, as everyone else that reads BBtv apparently figured it out long ago. But still, it’s quite funny and I’m relieved to find out that Klaus Pierre, action hero in training, is not really running around attacking pirates and chasing after Keanu Reeves look-alikes.

It appears that Arnaud is in China, or perhaps Klaus kidnapped him there, in pursuit of his/their dreams of Olympic gold, silver, bronze, or (most likely) tin. Bon chance, whoever happens to be in control of the nearly buff body of our next big American action hero!