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Shut up! All this stupid little country has to do is stand in line and do what it's told for one miserable day! But can it do that?! My fragrant French ass, it can!
~ Pascal Sauvage's villainous breakdown, which also exposes his true nature to the public.
You see... two hundred years ago, my family should have inherited the throne of England. But they were cast aside. Well, in a few very short days, it will be back where it belongs. With me.
~ Pascal Sauvage's plan to crown himself king.
The moment I am crowned King, I will turn England into the largest prison in the history of the world!
~ Pascal Sauvage explaining his plan.

Pascal Edward Sauvage is the main antagonist of the 2003 action-comedy film Johnny English.

He is a corrupt businessman, entrepreneur, and long-lost French Prince who wants to rule Britain and turn the entire country into a maximum security prison to maintain total control after becoming king.

He was portrayed by John Malkovich, who also played Mitch Leary in In the Line of Fire, Cyrus Grissom in Con Air, Humma Kavula in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Galbatorix in Eragon, Teddy Deserve in Knockaround Guys, Quentin Turnbull in Jonah Hex, Tom Ripley in Ripley's Game, Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont in Dangerous Liaisons, Teddy KGB in Rounders, and Dave in Penguins of Madagascar.

Personality[]

Sauvage is described as a corrupt and egotistical French man who cares about nothing but himself and his minions as his main goal was to dethrone and depose Queen Elizabeth, become the new king of England and transform the country into the world's largest prison. He is depicted as a greedy, sadistic and cunning person, though this was what led to his defeat thanks to Johnny English foiling his plans.

Biography[]

In 2002, Sauvage has his henchmen Dieter Klein & Klaus Vendetta wipe out most of the agents of MI7 at a funeral for the recently passed Agent One. However, Johnny English was not killed and was one of the only two agents MI7 had left (alongside Angus Bough). British secret agent Johnny English is sent by his superior Pegasus to go to the Tower of London, to attend a party for the restoration of the Crown Jewels for the Queen. There, English meets Pascal Sauvage for the first time along with Interpol agent Lorna Campbell. While Sauvage delivers a speech, his henchmen turn out the lights and steal the Crown Jewels, hiding them in the contractor's apartment.

Later, English and his colleague Bough infiltrate Sauvage's office. However, Sauvage is informed of this by Dieter and tells this to Pegasus, who had specifically told English not to investigate Sauvage, causing English to be fired. This allows Sauvage to force Queen Elizabeth to abdicate and renounce her family's claims to the throne, making Sauvage the first in line of succession. After the Jewels are anonymously dropped off at a police station, Sauvage requests his coronation takes place later that week.

However, English, Bough, and Lorna Campbell continued to investigate Sauvage, discovering his plan to turn Great Britain into the largest prison in the world. After escaping from Sauvage's château, they head for Westminster Abbey to stop the coronation. English explains to everyone that Sauvage must not become king, as he had stole the Crown Jewels and would kill anyone who got in his way. After English realizes that the Archbishop is real, Sauvage orders English to be taken away but English orders Bough to play a DVD he believes contains a video detailing Sauvage's plans, only for it to turn out he took the wrong disc, instead being footage of himself lip-syncing to ABBA's "Does Your Mother Know". English sneaks away while everyone is distracted and Sauvage orders the Archbishop to continue his coronation. Before the Archbishop is able to place the crown on his head, English swings in on a wire and snatches it from him. Infuriated, Sauvage pulls out a gun hidden in his shoe and shoots at Johnny, causing him to drop it. Before Sauvage is crowned the king, English lets go of the wire, pushing Sauvage off of the throne and being crowned king instead, to the surprise of everyone. As king, English orders Sauvage arrested.

Sauvage's final fate is not revealed, but a presenter mentions that if he is found guilty of high treason, he could be executed. Sauvage then makes his final wish that after he is executed his brain will be donated to the British Science Society for schizophrenia research.

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Trivia[]

  • Sauvage's plot to turn England into a prison for the world's criminals is a nod to Escape from New York. In the film, New York City has been shut down and transformed into a prison for all of America's criminals.
  • John Malkovich, who played Sauvage in the film, is fluent in French, having spent nearly ten years working in a theater in southern France.

Navigation[]

           Johnny-english title Villains

Johnny English: Pascal Sauvage | Dieter Klein | Klaus Vendetta
Johnny English Reborn: Vortex (Simon Ambrose, Killer Cleaner, Slater, Madeleine, Titus Fisher, Artem Karlenko, Ling & Susan) | Chi Han Ly | Matov
Johnny English Strikes Back: Jason Volta | Xander

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