Having become a quintessential French action star in just a few years, Alban Lenoir continues his momentum this summer with the poster for Antigang: The Next Generation , available Disney+. Eight years after Anti-Gang’s theatrical release, he finds Jean Reno and the rest of his team in this beefed-up sequel, which also welcomes new motivated recruits, starting with ex-cop Nils Cartier’s teenage daughter.
If you need a little refresher or missed the first opus, here’s everything you need to know about the characters in Benjamin Roche’s feature film before you meet them on screen.
ALBAN LENOIR is Neils Cartier
Nils Cartier is a former member of the anti-gang brigade, known for its harsh and unconventional methods and formerly led by Serge Buren. But when an intervention he takes part in goes wrong and his wife is killed by a criminal, he decides to quit the police force. Since then, he has been transferred to a driving school instructor, although he is watching the investigation from afar…
Eight years after the events, Niels is convinced that the gang of robbers responsible for his companion’s death is back and he is out for revenge. But it depends on the determination of his teenage daughter Charlotte-Serge, who wants to help him at all costs!
In the register of comedy (Kaamelott, Lazy Company) as well as in more serious roles (Marinette), even a very muscular one (Lost Ball, AKA), Alban Lenoir returns to work as this single dad who carries a baseball bat. trust
CASSIOPÉE MAYANCE is Charlotte-Serge Cartier
Charlotte, who prefers to call herself Serge after the man she considers her grandfather, is Niels’ daughter. At the age of 14, he already has a strong character and does not let himself go, which worries his father. He also finds it hard to believe that he might one day become a police officer, but discovers a completely different side of Niels in his quest for revenge… and forms an unlikely duo with him.
The schoolgirl will be played by Cassiope Mayans, who at only 18 years old already has a great career. Appearing in the series Le Secret d’Elise, La Mante or Faire des kids, he also played the main role in the drama and gently lit the stars in 2023, on the subject of teenage suicide.
Jean Reno is Serge Buren
If this second opus focuses on the character of Nils rather than the character of the man in charge of the anti-gang brigade, Jean Reno is at least well and truly back in the shoes of Serge Buren. No more harsh interventions, she now dons an apron to work in a bistro. This does not prevent him from being very attentive to his former protégé and daughter, who also admires him immensely.
Obviously, we no longer represent Jean Reno, the iconic actor of French cinema thanks to his roles in Le Grand Bleu, Léon, Les Visiteurs, Mission: Impossible or Les Rivières Pourpres.
SOFIA ESSAIDI IS AURORE Chalet
The head of the police academy and highly respected by the hierarchy has arrived, Commissioner Aurore Chale is Nils’ successor in Antigang. He knows quite well the one he replaced thanks to his reputation and may have a good spot for him…
It’s Sofia Esaide (Overdose, La Promise, Les Combattantes) who lends her qualities to this newcomer, who was not in the first film.
The rest of the brigade also returned
Eight years after Anti-Gang, Benjamin Rocher managed to gather the whole gang: in addition to Alban Lenoir and Jean Renault, Steffi Selma (Richie), Jean-Toussin Bernard (Boules), Sébastien Lalan (Genovese) and Oumar Diau (Manu). It’s also a part!
Find them now in Antigang: The Next Generation, exclusively on Disney+.
Source: Allocine
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