Airing on TF1 since 2018, Balthazar ends this Thursday, February 23, with a final episode titled “Game Over,” which serves as a conclusion to the overall thematic storyline of Season 5, which revolves around the campy Tomer Sisley and his confrontation. Brother Alexander and the series as a whole.
Determined to hurt his brother and take away what is most precious to him, Alexander (Olivier Sitruk), who has already manipulated Maya into killing Lisa, this time attacks Camille (Constance Labe), Rafael’s best friend, whom he kidnaps and locks up. In a coffin that will bury you six feet under.
A real race against time for Balthazar, who will do everything to save police captain Camille Costes, and intense filming, in difficult conditions, for Constance Labe, who spent many hours trapped in a coffin for the scenes of today’s episode. .
“I experienced small moments of claustrophobia”
“We shot for two days straight, all day. It was a lot (laughs)”– says the actor, who was recently seen on France 2 in the thriller Piste noire. “And again, it’s a fast-paced shoot, we wish we had three days for all those scenes in the coffin. But two days was fine (laughs).”.
“It was very difficult because I was alone, I didn’t have Tomer’s line, I couldn’t hear his voice because his scenes were shot later. But, at the same time, it was a big challenge for me. As an actor, it was great. It’s not every day you get to shoot something. The conditions were difficult, I was locked in, it was very heavy in terms of sound and light. And at the same time, it’s in those moments that big things happen.”.
“When I read that sequence, I was a little stressed”admits the one who has played Camille since season 4, and who came to an explosive conclusion with this final episode, where her character finds herself in a life-or-death situation.
“I said to myself, ‘I have to act really well so that people will believe’ that I’m doing this. I like to feel strong emotions. Like in this coffin, where it’s a real tragedy for Camille. It’s an explosion. Of emotions. It was obviously a little unpleasant and at the same time it’s , which excites me as an actor”.
Despite everything, during these two days of shooting in an extremely confined space, Constance Labbe could not help feeling a little claustrophobic.
“I asked us to play it all in a bit of a sequential shot to bring out the emotion and the stress.”entrusts Constance Labbe to our microphone. “I experienced little moments of anxiety and claustrophobia. I was really locked in, I had dirt in my mouth, I actually got burned by a lighter at one point. I had ‘shards’ in my fingers (laughs). Sometimes, it was really sporty. It was an intense shoot that I will remember for a long time.”.
Therefore, Constance Labbe gave her personality to the needs of this last episode of Balthazar, which should remain in the memory of the audience for a long time. And in which the actor, who carries most of the story emotionally, is simply excellent.
Source: Allocine
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