A few hours before Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz band took the stage at the Grand Rex on Saturday night, the director was busy filming another movie in Paris. But this time, he was in front of the camera.

Between 4 and 5pm, Allen filmed a scene for French director Sophie Lellouche’s first movie Paris Manhattan in front of the Plaza Athénée hotel on the chic Avenue Montaigne, near the famed Avenue des Champs-Elysées.  So what is his rôle?  Hit the jump to find out.