“I felt like I was on Star Trek” … Odile Vuillemin reacts to the surprising ending of Prometheus

Nothing will be the same for the heroes of Prometheus after the events of the season one finale, which airs this Thursday, March 30 on TF1.

After taking Marie Clermont (Odile Villemin) from the hospital to kill Clerval (Xavier Robique) one-on-one, Prometheus (Fantine Hardouin) ends up discovering the secret laboratory of the former scientist’s psychologist. and by learning the truth about its origin and the hidden purpose of its “existence”.

Indeed, if Marie Clermont, once a great specialist in genetics, assembled Prometheus from several lifeless bodies of adolescent girls, like Frankenstein’s creature, it was for a very specific purpose: to obtain a regenerative genome capable of regenerating a diseased body. .

Played by Odile Vuillimin, the character’s secret goal is to cure his son William’s (Anthony Gough) leukemia from Prometheus’ “superhuman” blood. The bet is fulfilled after Marie manages to save William’s life in the final moments of the Season 1 finale. Before escaping with the help of Charles (Thomas Juanetti), who realizes that his friend has broken the law and all ethical boundaries for the love of his son.

“Mary is not depicted as a great villain, there is nothing Manichean about what is said”Responds to Odile Vuillemin’s question whether he can understand the gesture of Marie, who created Prometheus from scratch in the hope of overcoming her son’s leukemia.

“I definitely understand Mari because I think you always have to protect your characters if you want to play them right”The former star continues to be profiled. “There’s a depth of humanity in what she’s done. Sometimes you can do absolutely crazy things out of love. And that’s nothing more, nothing less. Even if we go into the fantasy, the mother wants to save her. Son. Putting myself in her point of view, I can’t really blame Marie. Even if it’s crazy The genius side confuses us with all traces of ethics. We even throw them away (laughs).”.

Dr. Frankenstein’s “fun” role for Odile Villemin

“It was thoroughly enjoyable”Admits Odile Vuillemin, who seems to have taken great pleasure in playing Marie Clairemont, a kind of Dr. Frankenstein, hidden behind glasses and with an overly severe diminutive gaze.

“Already, the story was great. And then I fell in love with Marie’s lab, it’s special. When Marie presented her lab to Prometheus, I felt like I was on Star Trek, it was great (laughs). There was a big winner on the genius side. And the decor, this blue, red With lights, it takes us too far into the realm of science fiction.”.

“What I think is great is that fiction allows me to push the boundaries of reality even further. And go further into the character.”continues Odile Vuillemin at our microphone. “At the same time, he’s very grounded in reality, which makes for a pretty fantastic twist. Like in this scene where Thomas Juan’s character says to him, ‘But do you realize what you’ve done?! You’re completely sick,’ and he replies, ‘Well, I saved my son.’ , disarmed by nature. He’s truly a mad genius who’s only focused on his mission.”.

While the future of Prometheus is uncertain at the moment, Odile Vuillimin firmly hopes that a second season will see the light of day (“We’re crossing our fingers” He says about a possible sequel). The actress was totally eager to find the character of Marie Claremont, which is one of the roles she preferred to interpret from the beginning of her career.

“I loved this character, I still do”he tells us. “Marie writes really well. There’s a sweet mix of emotion and coldness and restraint. It was great to play that character. We went with that metallic side because she was able to hide everything she was hiding. That’s where this hyper-rigid, hyper. -metallic side that She doesn’t sweat anything and at the same time is completely undone by what’s happening to her son.”.

“From the beginning of the series, we put in little pebbles that could be clues to Marie’s real motivations. I’m thinking about very distinctive glasses that she wears, which I wanted to be in the style of lab glasses. Or an orthosis that could hide the scars on her forearm very well, as well as signs of past experiences on herself.”.

“You can imagine many things. When I broke my arm, the producer did not dare to tell me that he was happy (laughs). But when I added the idea of ​​”bone weakness” to the script to explain Marie’s orthosis, she was thrilled. Because his ultimate reference was the movie indestructible“.

So, do you think Marie Clermont has revealed all her secrets? Or is he hiding other secrets that could upset the Prometheus characters in a possible Season 2? future will show.