Question: Who did Jeunet originally write the role of Amelie for?
About the article "Amélie", section "Production".

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet originally wrote the character of Bazil for Jamel Debbouze, but Debbouze left the project after three weeks, citing artistic and financial disagreements.
The role was later given to Dany Boon.
Jeunet toured arms manufacturing plants in Belgium for research when developing the film.
Some dialogue was taken directly from interviews from arms dealers.
The sabotaged machine in De Fenouillet's factory was modeled exactly after an actual machine in a plant which Jeunet visited. 
Serge Merlin is a French actor.
He is best known for playing the role of Raymond Dufayel in "Amélie", a 2001 comedy film by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. 
For the 2007 television show "Pushing Daisies", a "quirky fairy tale", American Broadcasting Company (ABC) sought an "Amélie" feel, with the same chords of "whimsy and spirit and magic".
"Pushing Daisies" director Bryan Fuller said "Amélie" is his favorite film.
"All the things I love are represented in that movie," he said.
"It's a movie that will make me cry based on kindness as opposed to sadness."
"The New York Times"' review of "Pushing Daisies" reported "the 'Amélie' influence on 'Pushing Daisies' is everywhere".
In the 2009 film "Bunny and the Bull", the scenes set in the real world of Stephen's flat have the same red, green and gold feel of "Amelie"'s interiors.
Additionally, the opening credits are similar to "Delicatessen", an earlier film of Amélie's director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
A species of frog was named "Cochranella amelie".
The scientist who named it said: "this new species of Glass frog is for Amélie, protagonist of the extraordinary movie "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain"; a film where little details play an important role in the achievement of joie de vivre; like the important role that Glassfrogs and all amphibians and reptiles play in the health of our planet".
The species was described in the scientific journal "Zootaxa" in an article entitled "An enigmatic new species of Glassfrog (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian Andean slopes of Ecuador"The song "La Valse d'Amélie" from the soundtrack of the film was sampled in the song "Diary" on the 2009 album "Attention Deficit" by hip-hop artist Wale.
The girl's name Amelie soared in popularity after the release of the film. 
Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet wrote the character "Amélie" for Watson to play (Amélie was originally named Emily) but she eventually turned the role down due to difficulties speaking French and a desire not to be away from home.
The role went on to make an international star of Audrey Tautou.
She was also the first choice to play Elizabeth I in Shekhar Kapur's film "Elizabeth", the role that won Cate Blanchett an Academy Award nomination.
Although she has never appeared in a "Harry Potter" film, she is frequently confused with Emma Watson, the actress who plays Hermione Granger in the series.
She has stated that she does not correct anyone who makes that mistake, as she is "quite flattered that people think I'm 21". 
Hervé Schneid is a French film editor, who has edited most of the films by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
He won the 1991 César Award for Best Editing for his work on Delicatessen.