Obelix ban he regards as being tremendously unfair. Other characteristics are his simplemindedness, his love and care for his dog Dogmatix, his anger when someone refers to him as being ""fat"", his enthusiasm for hunting and eating wild boars and beating up Romans. His catchphrase is: ""Ils sont fous ces romains"", which translates into "These Romans are crazy!", although he considers nearly every other nationality to be just as strange. The character was portrayed by actor Gérard Depardieu in every Asterix live-action movie. He is a large man who does not see himself as fat, preferring to call himself ""well covered""
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